The Tea Dragon Festival

Rinn has grown up among the village's Tea Dragons, small tea-leaf-antlered creatures kept as gentle companions, but has never met a full dragon. That changes in the forest, where Rinn stumbles on Aedhan fast asleep.

Aedhan was appointed to protect the village, then fell under an enchantment and slept for eighty years. Waking, he faces the time that has passed without him and no clear idea of what he is for.

Rinn's uncle Erik, an adventurer, and Erik's partner Hesekiel lend a hand as Rinn helps Aedhan make peace with the lost decades. All the while, the villagers prepare for the Tea Dragon Festival.

This graphic novel suits middle-grade readers, roughly ages 7 to 11. Its tone is quiet and comforting, and the cast is diverse, including a non-binary protagonist.

It shares a world with The Tea Dragon Society but follows new characters, so no earlier reading is needed. The question it rests on is whether Aedhan can find a place in a village that moved on without him.