Hot Nights, Cool Dragons

Have you ever wanted more? Original and alive with the rhythms of jazz, this is a story of hot city streets, stalking reptiles and soaring dreams from the author of Idiot Pride and Flyboy and the Invisible.Have you ever wanted to be lost?Sassy Piero had no idea she did until one smouldering summer night she and her older brother, Bobby, heard the sound of jazz. They snuck down the fire-escape, into the backstreets of the city and found a band of not-quite-right people, the Firebreakers, descendants of dragons, singing, calling, to all storms.They were a doorway, a promise, a journey.But to pursue them, Sassy will have to face their dangers, their challenges. To learn their music she will have to leave her brother and father behind.And what of Bobby? He's a Real Boy. No way is he going to do anything other than lose himself in punk and grimy rock'n'roll.Hot Nights, Cool Dragons is an adventure. A story about paths taken, paths not taken, and the conflict between passion and love.A colour-drenched new novel from Matt Zurbo, the author of Idiot Pride and Flyboy and the Invisible.SHORTLISTED 2004: Aurealis Award in the Young Adult Novel category.

Adventure and music intertwine in this fantasy story flush with hot city streets, stalking reptiles, and intoxicating jazz music. When Sassy Piero and her older brother Bobby hear the jazz music and decide to sneak out of their house to investigate the source, they meet a band called The Firebreakers. The band members, who are descendents of dragons, are a doorway into a magical new world, and Sassy must choose whether she wants to become a part of it. But to learn their music she must turn her back on her family and the world she knows. This supernatural story about choosing paths presents powerful themes of loyalty, community, and following dreams.