Synopses & Reviews
Now available in a twentieth anniversary edition, this modern classic has been given a new afterword by the author and stunning new jacket art by Tony DiTerlizzi.
When Jeremy Thatcher stumbles into the magic shop, he leaves with a small marbled dragon's egg. When it hatches, Jeremy's wildest dreams take wing.
Children's Choice Award Nominee (in sixteen states)
IRA Teachers' Choice
Review
* "A funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth."—
Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Not only is the story involving but the reader can really get a feeling for Jeremy as a person."—
VOYA "Will bring laughter and near tears to readers. . . . Dragons really exist for a little while."—
School Library Journal Children's Choice Award Nominee (in sixteen states)
IRA Teachers' Choice
Synopsis
Celebrate Twenty Years of Magic!
Synopsis
Sixth-grader Jeremy Thatcher discovers a strange magic shop he has never seen before. He enters, and his life is changed forever. Buying what he thinks is a marble, he discovers he has really purchased a dragons egg.
About the Author
BRUCE COVILLE is the bestselling author of dozens of books, including
Armageddon Summer (cowritten with Jane Yolen),
My Teacher Is an Alien,
Into the Land of the Unicorns, and
The Monsters of Morley Manor. He lives in Syracuse, New York.