Co-written by Newbery-honor winning author Rajani LaRocca and Chris
Baron, this page-turning novel is told through letters, e-mails,
instant messages, and video chats between camp friends Tripti and Sam
over their shared love of a book series and some mysterious rocks they
brought home from summer camp.
Eleven-year-olds Tripti Kapoor, a feisty "word nerd" from Massachusetts,
and Sam Cohen, a shy, imaginative, budding geologist from California,
are both miserable at Camp Dilloway, a summer camp in upstate New York.
On the last night of camp, they follow a shooting star to a quiet creek.
There they find two silvery rocks glowing in the night. They each take
one home, and their long-distance friendship begins.
It's soon clear that these are no ordinary rocks. They seem to move on
their own, get strangely hot, and even take over Tripti and Sam's
thoughts! Inspired by their mutual love of their favorite book series,
The Dragon Gems, they dub the rocks Opal and Jasper, after the Dragon
Gems in the books.
But others are interested in the stones too--including the owner of Camp
Dilloway, who hides a secret of his own. Tripti and Sam must crack the
Dragon Gems' code and keep them out of Dilloway's clutches, all while
navigating the rocky road of middle school friendships and learning to
stand up for what is right.
