num_pages: 160
description: If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop. And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you buy? The Chinese rings? The Skull of Truth? Or the dragon's egg?And if you did buy the dragon's egg, what would you do when you found out you were supposed to hatch it?
language: English
title: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
titlecomplete: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop, #2)
characters: Jeremy, Tiamat
genres: Fiction, Magic, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Dragons, Urban Fantasy
ratings_count: 8388
series: Magic Shop
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Grade 4-6, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate
publisher: Aladdin/Minstrel Book