title: Threats of Tartarus: Book Two of The Dragon Birthmark Series (Volume 2)
author: Jennifer Phillips Russo
description: Book Two of the Dragon Birthmark Series, Threats of Tartarus, continues our journey with The Adrastai warriors. Author Jennifer Phillips Russo held a student artwork contest for her second book of The Dragon Birthmark series. This challenge promoted visual literacy and confidence, as well as provided student artists with the opportunity to have their personal artwork published at no cost to them, if chosen. "Threats of Tartarus", Book Two of "The Dragon Birthmark Series, follows the story of an 11-year-old boys journey to self-identity through a fantastic adventure, speckled with legend and lore, and offering a few great lessons and themes throughout the story. The Dragon Birthmark: World in the Shadows is an entertaining, thought-provoking book that takes the reader into the world of imagination and fantasy through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy, said Amy Piper, Fredonia Elementary School Principal. Russo, a local resident of Fredonia, possesses an insatiable desire to spark imagination and creativity in her readers, she created the art contest for students across the state and nation. She believes that imagination sparks innovation, and our world could use some innovative thinkers. This contest provided the opportunity to sketch characters or scenes from the second book, which the chosen winners are featured and published in this book. All middle and high school students were eligible to enter the contest. Students were able to submit their artwork pieces through the novels website. An online gallery is also available through the website, which gave contestants the chance to see examples of artwork that other students have created and submitted. A description of the characters to be sketched was provided at www.TheDragonBirthmark.com, as well as detailed rules and entry guidelines for this free contest.
zlib_text: Born of two dragons but raised in a lab, Ruby has lived a life of quiet
  regulation, waiting until the project proposed decades earlier can be started.
  When Dimensional Arrest, Retrieval and Extraction gets underway, her innate
  ability to jump dimensions puts her on the front lines with her sisters,
  retrieving people from earth whose presence is tearing their home world apart.
  Each assignment takes Ruby to another world to retrieve scholars, criminals,
  researchers, and escapees. The freedom she feels on the new worlds is cruelly
  taken away when she has to return to earth over and over again.  
  
  Meeting one of her own kind is a shock, but his determination to help her gain
  her freedom is even more of a stunning revelation. He offers her a life
  without walls, in the sun, and wind in her hair. What dragon could resist?
  
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