''Dragon's Bait'' by Vivian Vande Velde is a fantasy novel for young readers that was published in 2003. The Harcourt/Magic Carpet Books copies show the copyright as 1992.

Plot summary

Alys has been falsely accused of witchcraft and is about to be sacrificed to a

dragon A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...

. Then, Selendrile, a LeGuinian dragon that can assume a human form, offers to help her retaliate. Along the way to revenge against her inquisitor, Alys and Selendrile find a complicated path. This adventure looks at issues of

revenge Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." Pr ...

, heroism, and more with a splash of irony.

Awards and honors

ALA Ala, ALA, Alaa or Alae may refer to: Places * Ala, Hiiu County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Valga County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, a village * Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province * Ala, Gotland, Sweden * Alad, Seydu ...

Quick Pick * American Library Association Recommended Books for the Reluctant Young Adult Reader * Junior Library Guild selection *

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Books for the Teen Age

References

2003 novels 2003 fantasy novels American children's novels Children's fantasy novels Novels about dragons Novels by Vivian Vande Velde 2003 children's books Children's books about dragons Witch hunting in fiction {{2000s-child-novel-stub