A Place to Call Home

Everyone needs a feeling of belonging. For many people, having a home fulfills that need. A home is a place of security where they feel welcome and can be themselves. There are several characters in this novel who have an illusion of an ideal home. Their expectations are built on stories they have heard and inner feelings they do not understand. Two of the three discover that their idea of what home should be is not what they actually find. Nevertheless, they keep looking to find a place of acceptance.

As the novel opens, a dragon named Webs is at the bottom of a river, and he fears for his life. Webs has failed in an assigned task and he knows he is likely to face punishment, but he is petrified because he knows he cannot go home and he needs to...