When Will and his mom are caught in a blizzard, their car slides into the ditch; giant claws grip the car and retrieve it, lifting it back on the road.

Sixteen-year-old Henry travels to a strange city in search of his missing friend. Someone, or something in the city is stealing cars. Is the missing boy mixed up with the crime? Henry thinks something bigger is behind the thefts. Something with wings.

Eli, a young stowaway on a ship bound for North America, has a birthmark in the shape of a dragon on his arm. A sailor with a dragon tattoo and a weird cargo hold the secret to Eli's real identity.

Taj has discovered that he's growing wings. He straps them down to hide them, but what if the wings are only the beginning? What kind of beast will he grow into? Taj seeks help from his cousin, the only person he can trust. But his cousin has a terrible secret too.

"Ren is tired of being bullied, but he thinks the bullies are right--he is small and weak. But when his eyes turn golden, and his skin turns scaly, Ren thinks he can finally get revenge on the boys who tormented him. What will he do when he sees what fear looks like?"--P. [4] of cover.

Carr, a scientist, searches for a dragon's fang on Snair Island; the boy showing him the landscape offers him a dragon's fang with fresh blood on it.