Eddie's Blue-Winged Dragon by C.S. Alder

A sixth-grader with cerebral palsy becomes the owner of a brass dragon which helps him out in some of the battles he faces due to his handicap

Ages 10-13

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

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?

Ages 9-12.

Champions of Appledore by Romayne Dawnay

Hoping to rid their town of wolves, Tom the Boy and Sir Pomfrey hire a sick dragon who is no longer at the height of his powers.

Ages 9-12.

The Old Witch and the Dragon by Ida Delage

The Old Witch saves the farmer, the town, and herself from the ravages of the Dragon of Thunder Mountain, who comes down from his mountain every hundred years.

Ages 9-12.

Children of the Dragon by Rose Estes

In the mythical kingdom of Gallardia, the Dragonlord's three children must fight to save themselves and the one remaining egg of the guardian dragon.

Ages 9-12.

The Dragon Chronicles by Susan Fletcher

Kaeldra, an outsider adopted by an Elythian family as a baby, possesses the power to understand dragons and uses this power to try to save her younger sister, who needs dragon's milk to recover from an illness.

Ages 9-12.

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.

Ages 9-12.

The Dragonling by Jackie French Koller

Darek can't wait for his first Dragonquest. Then he can be just like his older brother, Clep, the hero who brought down a Great Blue, the largest and fiercest dragon of all. Darek goes to admire the kill -- and finds a dragonling peeking out of the giant dragon's pouch. Scared but curious, he feeds the hungry baby and makes an unlikely friend.

Ages 9-12.

Adam Draws Himself a Dragon by Irina Korschunow

A young dragon comes to stay with Adam for awhile and they help each other overcome the problems that make their school days unhappy.

Ages 9-12.

The Secret in the Dungeon by Fernando Krahn

A curious child slips away from a tour group at an old castle and stumbles upon a sleeping dragon in a dungeon.

Ages 9-12.

Valentine for a Dragon by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

A demon thinks of a special gift to win the love of a lady dragon on Valentine's Day.

Backyard Dragon by Betsy Sterman

When Owen discovers that a 15th-century Welsh dragon has been magically transported to his 20th-century New Jersey backyard, he and his grandfather, along with some newfound friends, have a huge - and very appealing - problem on their hands.

Ages 9-12.

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede