History Literature / DragonOfTheLostSea

** Shimmer's dream pearl - a magical artifact that enhances magic powers and creates illusions.
** The blue pebble - an enchanted pebble that holds all the waters of the Inland Sea
** The mist stone - a rock that allows the user to transform into a cloud and back again.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The once-human Civet is over a ''thousand''. That's pretty old, even for a dragon, but she's stuck in the body of a teenager for the rest of her life... or unlife, if you want to get technical.

* IAteWhat: Thorn persuades Civet into letting him cook a meal for her and he hides one of Monkey's hairs in her bowl of noodles. [[spoiler: And after she eats them, he speaks the magic words that cause the hair to change into an unbreakable chain]].

* HarmlessLadyDisguise: Subverted. While Shimmer is ''actually'' female, she's not human, and disguises herself as an old woman to appear harmless.

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Together, Shimmer and Thorn travel towards where they believe Civet might be headed, meeting up with the mischievous [[JourneyToTheWest Monkey]], who both hinders and aids them on their quest.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Monkey, who is based off the Monkey King from ''JourneyToTheWest''. He's infamous for being a trickster and causing all sorts of trouble, and initially he drugs both Shimmer and Thorn so they can't interfere with his plans. However, he does end up helping the two in the end, and in subsequent books, joins them in their journey.

The first book of [[LaurenceYep Laurence Yep's]] ''Literature/DragonSeries'', followed by ''Literature/DragonSteel'', ''Literature/DragonCauldron'' and ''Literature/DragonWar''. It was first published in 1982.

This novel provides examples of:

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Dragon And Her Boy]]: LaurenceYep said that the idea of a dragon and her pet boy stole the show from a story that was originally supposed to be all about Monkey.

* AMythologyIsTrue: Debuting in this book are [[JourneyToTheWest The Monkey King]], The Old Mother of the Waters (Civet), and the King Within the River.

* {{Revenant}}: Civet, Technically. She was drowned by the King Within the River, her husband, so that she could join him under the waters. Her body was preserved as it was at that moment for the rest of eternity, and practically all she's done since then is seek vengeance.

It starts off with Shimmer, the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot exiled dragon princess]] roaming ancient China in the form of an old human woman. She meet the kindhearted kitchen boy, [[CuteShotaroBoy Thorn]], who is mistreated by his caretaker. The two form an unlikely friendship, and after saving his life from an enchanted paper servant, Shimmer decides to take him under her wing.

* [[{{Ptitle4yh5d50x}} I Ate What?]]: Thorn persuades Civet into letting him cook a meal for her and he hides one of Monkey's hairs in her bowl of noodles. [[spoiler: And after she eats them, he speaks the magic words that cause the hair to change into an unbreakable chain]].

* {{Revenant}: Civet, Technically. She was drowned by the King Within the River, her husband, so that she could join him under the waters. Her body was preserved as it was at that moment for the rest of eternity, and practically all she's done since then is seek vengeance.

* Revenant: Civet, Technically. She was drowned by the King Within the River, her husband, so that she could join him under the waters. Her body was preserved as it was at that moment for the rest of eternity, and practically all she's done since then is seek vengeance.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Civet is over a ''thousand''. That's pretty old, even for a dragon, but she's stuck in the body of a teenager for the rest of her life... or unlife, if you want to get technical.

The first book of [[LaurenceYep Laurence Yep's]] ''Literature/DragonSeries''. It was first published in 1982.

* AMythologyIsTrue: Debuting in this book are [[JourneyToTheWest The Monkey King]], The Old Mother of the Waters (Civet), and the King Within the River.

* JerkWithAheartOfGold: Monkey, who is based off the Monkey King from ''JourneyToTheWest''. He's infamous for being a trickster and causing all sorts of trouble, and initially he drugs both Shimmer and Thorn so they can't interfere with his plans. However, he does end up helping the two in the end, and in subsequent books, joins them in their journey.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Upon escaping her arranged marriage (after a thousand years, mind you), and seeing her former home completely changed, Civet decides that dragons are responsible, and destroys the Inland Sea where the Inland dragons live.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: The premise of the book was initially an adaptation of the story about the [[JourneyToTheWest Monkey King]] defeating a river spirit. Judging by the final published version, however, Shimmer and Thorn's story is what comes to the forefront instead.

* MacGuffin: In addition to the listed MineralMacGuffins, there's also Baldy's Bowl/Cauldron, another artifact that can boil away and hold large amounts of water, similar to Civet's blue pebble, but can be used more than once.