Chris d’Lacey is known to myself for his dragon novels. I started reading these in my early teens. In the novels David Rain comes to live in Wayward Crescent as a boarder with the Pennykettle family. Mrs Pennykettle is the maker of pottery dragons, but there is something special about these dragons, they are not just made of clay. Read all 7 novels to follow David as he tries to save the tear of the last dragon Gawain.

The Last Dragon Chronicles.

• • The Fire Within (2001)
  • Icefire (2003)
  • Fire Star (2005)
  • The Fire Eternal (2007)
  • Dark Fire (2009)
  • Fire World (2011)
  • The Fire Ascending (2012)

Dragons of Wayward Crescent Series.

• • Gruffen (2010)
  • Gauge (2010)
  • Glade (2010)
  • Grabber (2010)

Falling 4 Mandy (2003) is one of many other childrens’ books written by Chris d’Lacey it was one of my favourites as a child. I read it several times. Mandy and Danny are both 13 years old. Danny is on the football team, Mandy wants to be.  Read on a for the cutest love story ever.

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