Wedwood Chronicles and The Awakening

Orin Blackwood never belonged anywhere. He never got to take a vacation, or even go to the park with his parents. Instead, he lived in an orphanage, where the only thing he could do was look out the window and hope. But when a letter arrives from Wedwood Academy—a school for the elements—and he is sorted into Fire, he feels he has finally found a home.However, happiness doesn't last long. Along with his two friends—Lia Redwood, a girl with a deep past, and Jax Ashworth, a sharp, calculating redhead—he has to navigate the challenges of school, life, and dragons.But when darker forces arrive that do not belong to the four elements, the trio realizes they are not alone in this world, and that there are worse things to come. Now that the shadows have awakened, a war is hinting on the horizon, and the first sightings were just the beginning.