num_pages: 259
description: In a world that never was and never will be, but as in our own world, every boy needs to be able to marry his girl, buy land and feel like a man, but this isn't always possible.The only way to be what he feels driven to be is for Axel to harvest dragons for bounty - huge and terrible beasts, which think, learn, and kill with pleasure.Dream with Axel as he escapes the clutches of his small town, falls in love with beautiful Molly, meets the lisping wizard who teaches him how to kill dragons, and follow him on a quest for riches and manhood into his world's dark and dangerous caves. Dragonslaying is for Dreamers is a rites of passage novel about a young man who must find a way to be recognized as a man and to be able to function as one in his society. It is written for children ages 10 through 15.Front cover by Matt Payovich
language: English
title: Dragonslaying is for Dreamers
titlecomplete: Dragonslaying is for Dreamers (Dragonslaying, #1)
genres: Fantasy, Dragons
ratings_count: 22
series: Dragonslaying
publisher: National Writing Institute