Poor 12-year-old Toby, he just does doesn’t fit in around the castle. Perhaps his outcast status is to do with the close relationship he has with the dragon Klel. Toby is upset that the unscrupulous King Herat is using up Klel’s healing golden scales at an alarming rate leaving the dragon sick and weak.
Events come to a head when a stranger turns up to the court claiming he is King Herat’s son. And the adventures begin.
This book is a great read for middle primary readers - those children who are too young for so much of the fantasy fiction produced, but at the same time too old for the more junior emergent chapter books.
I have seen many year four and five classes get absolutely hooked on this story. Dragon’s Bane, a follow up to The Dragon’s Apprentice was published in 2008.
The Dragon’s Apprentice was a finalist in the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards in 2003.
Reviewed by Beth
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