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The '''''Dragon Keeper Trilogy''''' are a three book series written by Carole Wilkinson. Set in Ancient China, The trilogy consist of ''Dragon Keeper, Garden of the Purple Dragon'', and ''Dragon Moon'', with a small prequel story Dragon Dawn.

The series chronicles the journey of a slave girl named Ping's journey with a wise dragon, named Danzi. Over the course of the story, Ping develops into a strong woman, capable of doing things that she hadn't even dreamed of when she had been a slave.

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* [[Berserk Button]]: You'll trigger it if you mess with Ping's friends, and vice versa.
** Never mention the word "slave" around Ping....ever.
* [[Everyone Is Right-Handed]] Plot point in that all Dragon Keepers are left-handed.
* [[Fridge Horror]]:  {{spoiler|Well, if you really think about it, the story really changed nothing. Since there are no dragons prevalent, that means a bunch of humans probably slaughtered the last remaining numbers of dragons. Though, it could really be that [[He's Just Hiding|their in hiding]]}}
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: The reason why Ping and Company have to move around so much.
* {{spoiler|[[I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin]]: Subverted, then eventually played straight. When Danzi goes to the Island of the Blessed, he leaves Ping the Dragon Stone. In Dragon Moon, Ping seems fully convinced that Danzi died.}}
* [[I Have Many Names]]: Danzi says this pretty much word for word.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: The dragons in the story are Chinese Dragons, as opposed to the [[Fairy Tale]] kind.
* [[Jerkass]]: Ping's old master Lan embodies this trope.
**  {{spoiler|Lie Che eventually devolves into this.}}
* [[MacGuffin]]: Pretty much the Dragon stone  {{spoiler|and even more so when it hatches.}}
* [[Made a Slave]]: Ping starts as this in the beginning of the story.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Averted with Ping, who is disappointed to learn that her name means "duckweed". Played straight though with Long Danzi whose name means "Courageous Dragon".
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Danzi during the course of Dragon Keeper.

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