Last Dragon Chronicles

Book 1: The Fire Within
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By Chris D'Lacy

What I like: The mix of magic and mundane.

Plot: A young man called David Rain is boarding at the Pennykettle house and helps Elizabeth and her daughter, Lucy. But early on, he finds something out: all the dragons are alive. He gets one of his own, Gadzooks (Hey, they name the dragons), whose ability is to be in connection with the universe (though this isn't realized at first) and jot down ideas it gets from the universe on his writing pad and send them into the mind of David. With Gadzooks' help, David starts to unravel the mystery of the dragons... and turn into a famous writer at the same time.