The
Dragon’s
Apprentice
172 pages Suitable 8 - 14 years old
Published 2002
HarperCollins NZ
There's something odd about 12-year-old Toby, and it's not just his amazing ability to talk to dragons or his purple eyes
It's not even his
uncanny ability to get into trouble and the way he's been sacked from
every job at the castle. His last chance to avoid a cold winter in the
poorhouse comes when he is appointed as page to the equally mysterious
Prince Blaise.
When Toby meets Sanelle, Blaise's
feisty sister, he learns of the dreadful secret the nasty Prince carries
in a secret stone talisman, and of the deadly plan he has hatched which
will endanger the life of Klel, Toby's dragon friend.
Eventually Toby finds some of the answers to his own personal mystery, but not before he has been exiled from his home, forced to become a burglar, kidnap a Princess and steal a King's treasure!
A lively, engaging story which wraps
itself around the reader and whips them along at a furious pace into a
world of adventure, mystery and fantastic dragons.