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Gold Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

Unlock the secret of the gold dragon...

When the blue  dragon Lazuli threatens to destroy Sandon's village of Hartfall, Sandon  vows to locate the legendary gold dragon, once Hartfall's sworn  protector, and convince it to return. Sandon finds the gold dragon's  lair--only to stumble on a secret that throws everything he thought he  knew about his home and his family into question. Filled with everything  readers love about dragons--power, action, and intrigue--this tale  shows what one boy can accomplish when he finds the strength of a dragon  lies within himself.

Images from Chapters Indigo, text from Penguin Random House

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Silver Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

For anyone who dreams of dragon riding...

Jace, a high-wire acrobat in a traveling circus, thought he knew the  thrill of adventure. But when he meets Belen, a strange girl with no  memory of her past, he soon discovers how much more adventure--and  danger--awaits him. Not long after Belen joins the circus, a wizard  arrives and stops the show--not by magic, but by accusation. Belen is  not human, he says: she is a shapeshifting dragon, who destroyed a  nearby town. As Jace and Belen set off in a race against time to clear  Belen's name and recover her memory, mysterious forces conspire to throw  them off track. Can Jace learn to fly through the air with the greatest  of ease--on the back of a dragon--before time runs out?

In the next installment of R.D. Henham's series inspired by The New York Times best-seller A Practical Guide to Dragons, a new hero polishes the tarnished reputation of a noble silver dragon.

Images and text from Chapters Indigo

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Green Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

Fall in love with an evil baby dragon in the next dragon codex!

When ten-year-old Scamp Weaver finds a locked chest in a forest clearing, he feels like his life is finally about to change for the better. But he doesn't bargain for just how much change the chest will bring. Inside he finds a dragon egg and a mysterious ancient scroll, which set Scamp and his best friend Dannika off on a harrowing adventure, chased by dragon hunters who want the contents of the chest for themselves. Life gets ever more complicated when the baby green dragon hatches. Will this cute, mischievous hatchling really grow up to be an evil green dragon? 

Text and images from goodreads.

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Brass Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

Never start a conversation with a brass dragon--it might never end!

In another volume of the companion series to A Practical Guide to Dragons,  orphaned baby brass dragon Kyani ventures out into the desert to find  something to eat, and finds a gnome named Hector instead. Hector is not  so sure he wants a chatty, hungry brass dragon following his every move.  But several groups ready to go to blows over the marvelous invention  Hector guards with his life, he may need the help that only a fun-loving  brass dragon can provide.

Images from Chapters Indigo, text from Google Books

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Bronze Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

Could a "good" dragon really be evil?

Witness to the kidnapping of her younger siblings' eggs, young bronze dragon Simle has good reason to think that all humans are evil. Tatelyn, whose brother was killed by a dragon who was supposed to be good, also has good reason to distrust even metallic dragons.

But when thrown together on a mission to recover their magical powers, Tatelyn and Simle realize that they have more in common than they ever imagined.

Images from Chapters Indigo, text from Google Books

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Black Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

What happens when an evil black dragon becomes your ally?

Snatched  from the street by a young black dragon, Satia seems destined to end  her life as a snack. But her position as a menu item quickly changes  when her black dragon captor runs into two young red dragons and a  wanna-be Dragonlord. In a quick twist of events, the black dragon is  transformed into an ordinary teenaged boy. Always one step ahead of  their pursuers, Satia makes a bargain with her captor: her life in  exchange for her help. But now she must live up to her end of the  bargain. With no magic and only the strength of two humans, how will  Satia outwit the Dragonlord and his minions?

Images and text from Chapters Indigo

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Red Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

Mudd lives a peaceful life in his small town, tinkering with the mill  and any mechanical devices that he can find. But his peaceful life soon  changes when, out of nowhere, a red dragon attacks, burning the town and  kidnapping Shemnara, the village seer. Only one clue is left behind--a  cryptic note telling Mudd, "Seek the silver dragon."

Images from Chapters Indigo and goodreads, text from Google Books

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Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman

Dragons and humans are at war in this eagerly awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling fantasy, Seraphina.

 Seraphina is tangled in a war between the dragon rebels and the human  court. The dark secret of her true identity—half-dragon, half-human—has now become her advantage. Only she has the power to unite the kingdom, and she intends to use it.

Embarking on a life-changing journey, Seraphina seeks to find the rest of her  half-dragon brethren, whose unique gifts may make the difference in the battle for the future of her world. But gathering everyone  together is no straightforward task. Hidden histories and outright lies surface that make her task almost impossible.

Then Seraphina learns that someone is working against her. What hope is  there for brokering peace between dragons and humans when an unlikely  enemy is determined to see both go up in flames?

Images and text from Penguin Random House and goodread

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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Seraphina is a half-dragon, descended from a dragon mother who took human form and a father who has no particular fondness for Seraphina’s kind.

Not that anyone else does either. Hers is a world where dragons and humans live and work side by side—but below the surface, tensions and hostilities are on the rise. Seraphina guards  her true self with all of her being, but when a member of the royal family is brutally murdered, she’s suddenly thrust into the spotlight,  drawn into the investigation alongside the dangerously perceptive  Prince Lucian.

As the two uncover a sinister plot to destroy  the wavering peace of the kingdom, Seraphina’s struggle to protect  her secret becomes increasingly difficult . . . and its discovery could mean her very life.

Images and text from Penguin Random House and goodread

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Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George

The exciting conclusion to the Dragon Slippers trilogy

As  far as Creel is concerned, all is finally right with the world. The  dragon king, Shardas, and his queen, Velika, have made a comfortable  home on the Far Islands. And with a tentative peace declared between  dragons and humans, it seems the perfect time for Creel and Prince Luka  to plan their wedding...or maybe not. Because when Velika gets  kidnapped, Creel and Luka will join their dragon friends on their most  dangerous adventure yet--only to discover that the real enemy may be one  of their own. And if dangerous new foes and volcanic eruptions weren't  enough to throw off the wedding, add in a bushel of unwanted relations  and a little accident involving not one but two wedding gowns, and  Creel's dream wedding might be turning into a nightmare.

Filled  with humor, heart, and feats of derring-do, this newest novel from  Jessica Day George will delight both returning fans and new readers  alike.

Images and text from jessicadaygeorge.com and goodreads

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Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George

The exciting sequel to Dragon Slippers

In  far off Citatie, Prince Luka has made an alarming discovery: the  southern country’s entire army is mounted on dragons, and they plan to  attack Feravel. It’s up to Creel to gather her dragon friends and lead  them south, first as spies, then as soldiers, in a battle against an  unexpected enemy. But the Citatian dragons outnumber those from Feravel,  and some of Creel’s friends are still recovering from the first dragon  war. Will they be able to win this fight, and will they still have a  home to return to even if they do?

Images and text from jessicadaygeorge.com and goodreads

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Dragon Slippers (also published as Dragonskin Slippers) by Jessica Day George

She wanted dragon gold. She got a pair of shoes.

Many stories tell of damsels in distress, who are rescued from the  clutches of fire-breathing dragons by knights in shining armor, and  swept off to live happily ever after.

This is not one of those stories.

True,  when Creel’s aunt suggests sacrificing her to the local dragon, it is  with the hope that the knight will marry Creel and that everyone (aunt  and family included) will benefit handsomely. Yet it’s Creel who talks  her way out of the dragon’s clutches. And it’s Creel who walks for days  on end to seek her fortune in the king’s city with only a bit of  embroidery thread and a strange pair of slippers in her possession.

But  even Creel could not have guessed the outcome of this tale. For in a  country on the verge of war, Creel unknowingly possesses not just any  pair of shoes, but a tool that could be used to save her kingdom…or  destroy it.

Images and text from jessicadaygeorge.com and goodreads

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The Dragon of Never-Was by Ann Downer

Ever since she was caught up in a magical whirlwind of dragons, spells,  and wizards, Theodora Oglethorpe has been doing her best to put the  Events of Last Summer behind her and go back to her life as a normal  twelve-year-old girl. But no matter how hard she tries to forget about  magic, it always seems to find her -- even when she's on vacation! When  Theodora's biologist-dad is called to the Scottish island of Scornsay to  study a scale believed to be from a previously unknown species,  Theodora is thrilled to be invited along. A nice vacation is just what  she needs to forget all about wyverns, demons, and magical tunnels  through time.

But as soon as Theodora sees the scale, she  knows it's not from a fish, a reptile, or anything known to science.  It's from a dragon, and as Theodora knows all too well, wherever there  are dragons, there are wizards, and then there's sure to be trouble.  Before she can solve the mystery of the dragon's scale, Theodora will  have to confront her own magical heritage and make a perilous journey to  the wizard's limbo known as Never-Was.

The Dragon of Never-Was, the sequel to Hatching Magic,  is just as funny, witty, and richly imagined as its predecessor. Filled  with eccentric characters, crafty dragons, dazzling spells, good  friends, and a feisty heroine that readers will root for, this is a  middle-grade fantasy to be savored.

Image from Simon & Schuster and goodreads, text from Google Books

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Hatching Magic by Ann Downer

You never know when magic will hatch....

Poor Theodora  Oglethorpe! Her biologist father has gone off to explore the jungles of  Laos without her, her best friends are away on vacation, and a long,  hot, lonely Boston summer is all she has to look forward to.

Poor Gideon! Wycca, his pet wyvern, has disappeared through a magic hole in  time in search of a place to lay her egg. Kobold, Gideon's wizard rival,  wants nothing more than to get his hands on Wycca. In a desperate  attempt to rescue Wycca from Kobold's evil clutches, Gideon follows her  through the magic hole and finds himself transported from  thirteenth-century England to the terrifyingly modern world of Boston,  Massachusetts, in the twenty-first century.

Soon Theodora's  involved with a chocoholic baby wyvern, a mysterious wyvern playing  card, a couple of desperate wizards -- and the summer vacation of her life!

Images and text provided by Simon & Schuster and goodreads