13 yo Cassidy wants nothing more than to race with her best dragon, Ranga, in the annual Great TX Dragon Race. But with 5 grueling tasks ahead of her, dangerous challenges, and more enemies than allies on the course, Cassidy will need to know more than just dragons to survive.

Sometimes I’m playing a video game and I see the hours I’ve sunk in, and I get upset. I could be writing!

And then I remember, relaxing is an important part of refilling the well.

So go chase that fantasy RPG love interest that seems like they’d step on you.

Trust the process.

So honored to be included on this list! Thank you, The Week Junior US! 🐉🏜️☀️

Folio Literary

What a neat book list idea! 50 books for 50 states! So honored for LEI to rep Hawaiʻi and be listed with so many other fun stories. Time for a road trip!

Yay for my friends Kacy Ritter - Great Texas Dragon Race and Malia Maunakea, repping the states of Texas and Hawaii respectively!
#2023Debuts !

The Great Texas Dragon Race was on the TODAY thanks to The Week Junior US! 🥹🥹🥹

I can’t believe The Great Texas Dragon Race gets to rep TX on this amazing list! 🐉🏜️☀️

Pretty stoked to read this book by our own Kacy Ritter - Great Texas Dragon Race! According to the blurb, it's WINGS OF FIRE meets HUNGER GAMES. I'm in!

Grateful for being included on this fab list from Granite School Dist.! granitemedia.org/category/best-…

#MGin23 !

Can relate!

Thank you for the fab review—and for picking up on my The Amazing Race nod! 🐉🏜️

I've got some news!! I sold another book! RACING THE CLOUDS will hit the shelves in February '25! I'm thrilled to be working with my amazing editor Meg Gaertner is CLOSED to Submissions! and the Jolly Fish Press team again! Huge thanks to my agent Ann Rose and all who've helped me along the way!!

Prepping SIR CALLIE 3 graphics like...
(Y'all, I can't WAIT to share this cover!)

Tara Hannon ⭐️ Kacy Ritter - Great Texas Dragon Race’s The Great Texas Dragon Race FOR SURE

⭐ PREORDER RAFFLE! ⭐
THE LAST ICE PHOENIX is coming on January 23 & I’m holding a HEROES RAFFLE for *everyone* who preorders!

The GRAND PRIZE winner will receive their very own adorable ice phoenix plushy + other fun goodies!!

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I just finished FREE PERIOD by Ali Terese and it is SUCH a cleverly written story promoting period equity. Funny, dynamic chaos monsters (Helen and Gracie) go from pranks to plans in this wonderful MG story that should be in every classroom! Comes out in March! Add to TBR!

The Great Texas Dragon Race made Texas Library Assn.’s 2024 Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List!

I’m so honored to be on this list aside so many fantastic authors. Because I think I said it best there, I’m including the final paragraph from my acknowledgments…

“And Texas—this book has