''David ran a hand through his mop of brown hair. Dragons. It was certainly different from his last set of lodgings, where all you got were spiders and the occasional mouse. "It''s perfect," he said.''

When David arrives at Wayward Crescent he has no idea what lurks inside the Pennykettle house. Only when he''s given his own special dragon does he begin to unlock their mysterious secrets, and to discover the fire within...