num_pages: 336
description: Thirteen-year-old Princess Matilda whose lame foot brings fear of the evil eye has never given much thought to dragons attending instead to her endless duties and wishing herself free of a princess's responsibilities.When a greedy cousin steals Tilda's lands the young princess goes on the run with two would-be dragon slayers. Before long she is facing down the Wild Hunt befriending magical horses and battling flame-spouting dragons. On the adventure of a lifetime and caught between dreams of freedom and the people who need her Tilda learns more about dragonsand herselfthan she ever imagined.Merrie Haskell author of The Princess Curse presents a magical tale of transformation danger and duty starring a remarkable princess as stubborn as she is brave.
language: English
title: Handbook for Dragon Slayers
publisher: HarperCollins