Joust Read Fill your short summer nights with tangled tapestries of valor and venom, spun of a medieval yarn. |
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 | Allende, Isabel | | Kingdom of the Golden Dragon | | Alexander, his grandmother Kate, and his friend Nadia find themselves high in the Himalayas in search of the jewel-encrusted Golden Dragon. |
|  | Browne, N.M. | | Basilisk | | This dark, appealing fantasy features the unlikely alliance of Rej and Donna, who embark on an adventure peppered with dream-dragons, catacombs, and the "Basilisk Contrivance," a device that literally scares people to death. |
|  | Browne, N.M. | | Warriors of Alavna | | A mysterious yellow fog transports Ursula and Dan to an alternate Britain at the time of the Roman conquest. |
|  | Cadnum, Michael | | The Book of the Lion | | Vivid, visceral, and pulse-pounding, this is the adventure of Edmund, an apprentice minter pressed into service as a soldier in the Crusades. |
|  | Crossley-Holland, Kevin | | The Seeing Stone | | This compelling review explores Round Table legend through 13-year-old Arthur's diary. |
|  | Cushman, Karen | | Matilda Bone | | Apprentice to Peg the Bonesetter, Matilda must come to terms with her lot in life, and come to understand and appreciate the people around her. |
|  | Hightman, Jason | | The Saint of Dragons | | This fast and funny tale centers on the irresistible conceit that dragons exist all around us, clouding human minds to escape discovery. |
|  | Hill, Pamela Smith | | The Last Grail Keeper | | Felicity becomes entangled in a centuries-old struggle when Morgan le Fay visits her, talking of Mordred, King Arthur, and the Holy Grail. |
|  | Jordan, Sherryl | | The Hunting of the Last Dragon | | Jude of Doran, British peasant, and Jing-wei, Chinese orphan, struggle with their prophesied destiny: to vanquish the last remaining dragon. |
|  | McNaughton, Janet | | An Earthly Knight | | Jenny is bethrothed to the heir to the Scottish throne, but has fallen in love with the fey Tam Lin. |
|  | Pierce, Tamora | | First Test | | The first book in the Protector of the Small series introduces Keladry, a probationary applicant for page in the court of King Jonathan of Tortall. |
|  | Tingle, Rebecca | | The Edge of the Sword | | As Alfred the Great's eldest daughter, Flaed is betrothed in her fifteenth year, but escapes that dismal fate, instead becoming a battle leader, and "the greatest woman in Old English military history." |
|  | Yolen, Jane | | Dragon's Blood | Jakkin hopes to win his freedom by training his own fighting pit dragon in the nursery where he is a keeper.
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|  | Zahn, Timothy | | Dragonback Adventures, Book 1: Dragon and Thief | | Orphan Jack Morgan, hiding on an unoccupied planet, meets Draycos, a dragon-like K'da, and together they engage in a fast-paced, intergalactic adventure. |
|  | Zahn, Timothy | | Dragonback Adventures, Book 2: Dragon and Soldier | Jack enlists as a mercenary to continue the fight for Draycos' race, and meets Alison Kayna, a wise young woman with a mysterious agenda.
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