If you loved how Clay, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight, and Sunny stick together after escaping the cave and even face Queen Scarlet’s arena, you’ll click with the way Gregor, Boots, Luxa, and Ripred form a scrappy unit in the Underland. Like the dragonets, Gregor’s crew navigates fragile alliances, perilous tunnels, and gladiatorial showdowns—always relying on loyalty and quick thinking to survive. Gregor the Overlander delivers that same “us against the world” camaraderie that made the dragonets so compelling.

In The Dragonet Prophecy, the dragonets race from captors to kingdoms, driven by a prophecy that could end the war. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover undertake a similarly urgent mission, sprinting across the U.S. to recover Zeus’s bolt before the gods go to war. If the dragonets’ escape from the cave, their run-ins with Queen Scarlet, and their mission to avert catastrophe hooked you, Percy’s fast, mythic road-quest will hit the same sweet spot.

If the rival dragon tribes, queenly power struggles, and hidden histories behind the Talons of Peace drew you in, Eragon offers that same immersive depth. As Eragon bonds with Saphira, he’s pulled into a web of ancient languages, orders, and empires—much like how Clay stumbles from secret training into the broader, complicated politics of Pyrrhia. The layered lore and dragon-human partnership echo the richness you enjoyed among MudWings, SkyWings, and more.

Clay’s growth—from a cave-kept dragonet unsure of his place to a protector who claims his strengths (and his MudWing family)—mirrors the arc of a young Merlin discovering who he is. Like Clay learning to own his nature and choices after the horror of Queen Scarlet’s arena and the revelations about his guardians, Merlin must confront mysteries of origin, test newfound abilities, and decide what kind of hero he’ll become.

If the rapid-fire escapes—breaking out from under the mountain, surviving Queen Scarlet’s traps, grappling with Peril’s firescales—kept you turning pages, you’ll love Twig’s headlong flight through the Deepwoods. Beyond the Deepwoods hurls its hero from one perilous encounter to the next, with bizarre creatures and eerie locales that echo the constant, high-stakes pace you enjoyed with the dragonets on the run.