Fifteen-year-old Creel is floored when her aunt suggests they sacrifice her to a dragon to attract the attention of a marriageable knight. But when the dragon appears, Creel bargains for her life - and ends up with an unusual pair of blue slippers. It's not until the slippers are stolen by a princess that Creel learns a terrible truth: the slippers are made from the hide of a dragon queen, and enable the wearer to control all the dragons in the land. Now under the command of the princess, who is eager to start a war, the dragons begin to attack the city. Creel must join forces with the king's son and others to break the slippers' hold before the princess and the dragons destroy the city - or before the king's archers kill the dragons - whichever comes first.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Jessica Day George lives in Utah in the USA. She counts Robin McKinley and Ursula Leguin among her favourite authors and influences. This is her first book.