Faced with this rare phenomenon, Meg must now defend Jata’s hatchlings from the scientific, religious, and media forces that converge on the zoo to claim the miracle as their own.įinally forced to deal with the very people she has avoided for so long, Meg discovers that opening herself up comes with its own complications. Jata has produced viable eggs-without ever having had a mate. Then one day, Meg makes an amazing discovery. Meg has always been better able to relate to reptiles than to people, from her estranged father to her live-in boyfriend to the veterinarian who is more concerned with his career than with the animals’ lives. A species that became endangered soon after being discovered, Komodos have a legacy of independence, something that Meg understands all too well. Jata brings the exotic to Meg’s Minnesotan life: an ancient, predatory history and stories of escaping to freedom. Meg Yancy knows she may be overly attached to Jata, the Komodo dragon that has been in her care since it arrived at the zoo from Indonesia. "Mejia beautifully tackles the subjects of animal captivity, endangered animals, human-animal connections, and even evolution." Global Animal A zookeeper fights to save the animal she loves, even as her own life crumbles around her. " is simply a beautiful writer…" Twin Cities Pioneer Press " The Dragon Keeper is an excellent novel with real, imperfect characters, and I have added it to our 5 Star Reads." 5 Minutes for Books Steve Reichling, Ph.D., Curator of Reptiles, Memphis Zoo This great work reads like a stolen peek into a zookeeper’s most personal diary." All the passion, turmoil, heartache, and conflict they experience, much of it kept internalized, are on every page of this book. "Mindy Mejia has given voice to the soul and mindset of the modern zookeeper. "In her debut novel, The Dragon Keeper, Mindy Mejia strikes just the right balance between interrogation of societal behavior and compelling entertainment…I was impressed by the way Mejia structured this novel to aid character development, enhance suspense and imbue gravitas…Mejia’s writing style is refreshingly down-to-earth and accessible while still conveying dignity and a sense of grandeur in passages…an entertaining story that will leave you with a broadened mind and a sense of hope." Booklover Book Reviews " layered, complicated, and challenging story…While painting a portrait of an imperfect but idealistic and dedicated woman, The Dragon Keeper also raises some difficult questions about the preservation of endangered species and our responsibilities for non-human animals." Our Hen House That's what Mindy Mejia does in her debut novel, The Dragon Keeper, a sort of ecological love story in which zookeeper Meg Yancy guards and protects Jata, the Komodo dragon that has been in her care at a Minnesota zoo since it arrived from Indonesia…After a heartbreaking/terrifying scene (I dare you not to cry), we're given a perfect ending." Twin Cities Pioneer Press The dead man is clearly a poacher who attacked first, but that will be lost in the outcry against dragons."Only a skilled writer could make readers care about a Komodo dragon. Jake knowns this news could destroy Smokehill. But this dragon is dying-dying next to the human she has killed.
On Jake’s first overnight solo in the park, he meets a dragon-the thing that he would have said he wanted above everything else in the world. But they are up to eighty feet long (plus tail) and breathe fire.
Supporters say there is no record of their doing anything more threatening than eating sheep, there are only a few hundred of them left at best and they must be protected. Detractors say dragons are much too dangerous and much too expensive, and should be destroyed.
But dragon conservation is controversial. They stay away from the Institute-and the tourists. Jack’s never seen one except deep in the park and at a distance. There are five million acres of the Smokehill wilderness and the dragons rarely show themselves. Smokehill is home to about two hundred of the few remaining Draco australiensis, which is extinct in the wild. Jake lives with his scientist father at the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies in Smokehill National Park.
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Think of yourself out of your comfy chair and your nice house with the roads and the streetlights outside-and the ceiling overhead low enough that a fifty-foot dragon can’t stand on her hind legs and not bump her head-and think yourself into a cavern full of dragons.
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