In the dingy, dirty Dark Ages, there's only one place an ordinary boy can learn to be a hero - the Dragon Slayers' Academy. So weedy Wiglaf leaves the familiar stench of home (fresh cabbage, rotten cabbage and pigsties) to find his fortune at DSA - a world of heroes' treasure troves and deeply disgusting dragons!In the book:Princess Belcheena's first love was a carrot-topped dragonslayer whose name began with W. But her father and his henchman scared him off. Now, she's offering a crock of gold to anyone who can replace him. It doesn't take greedy Mordred long to find the perfect suitor for the lovelorn princess. Lucky Wiglaf! This is scarier than any dragon...

 

This book is part of a book series called Dragon Slayers' Academy .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Pan Macmillan .

Kate McMullan is the author of many books for young readers, including I Stink! , winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor; I'm Mighty ; and Meg's Prairie Diary , a historical fiction trilogy set in St. Louis and Kansas in 1856. Ms. McMullan lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York, with her husband and collaborator, noted illustrator Jim McMullan, their daughter, two cats, and a dog.