DragonQuest
"A noble dragon fighter sets out on an expedition to fight the last dragon. Would you like to come along? Through shifting sands and tangled forests and past the whispering abyss, many awful perils are braved - witches, trolls, werewolves, ghost owls, scorpions, and vultures - but where is the...
| Main Author: | Baillie, Allan, 1943- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Harris, Wayne (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sommerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: |
"A noble dragon fighter sets out on an expedition to fight the last dragon. Would you like to come along? Through shifting sands and tangled forests and past the whispering abyss, many awful perils are braved - witches, trolls, werewolves, ghost owls, scorpions, and vultures - but where is the dragon? This clever tale by Allan Baillie and Wayne Harris is not to be missed by anyone with the heart of a daring adventurer."--Jacket flap. |
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| Physical Description: |
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780763666170 (trade) 0763666173 (trade) |
| Author Notes: |
After a near death experience, Baillie began to travel all over the world. He returned home to work for the newspaper again but had heard about the discontent in Camobodia and Laos and was interested in traveling there as a freelance journalist. The Vietnam War was going on at that time as well as civil unrest in Laos. Although there was nothing in particular going on in Cambodia, Prince Sihanouk banned Western journalists, so Baillie entered the country as an artist. He wrote an adult novel, Mask Maker, set in Laos after that, and continued to write stories based on his experiences in the Far East and elsewhere. His books include Adrift, Little Brother, The China Coin, Riding with Thunderbolt: The Diary of Ben Cross, and A Taste of Cockroach. (Bowker Author Biography) |