Dragon Girl

<p>"Weigel has created a compulsively likable heroine who seamlessly blends her strength and compassion reminiscent of Ben Hatke's <em>Zita the Spacegirl</em>. With lovable dragons flying ships and danger around every corner this delightful fantasy doesn't disappoint." --<em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br /><br />"A lively yarn whose only fault is that it's over too soon." --<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br /><br />Eleven-year-old Alanna and her older brother Hamel are orphans and doing their best to take care of each other until one day Alanna stumbles upon a cave full of dragon eggs.  When the eggs hatch with no mother dragon in sight Alanna decides to take care of the babies herself even creating a clever costume so that the babies think she too is a dragon. With their large appetites and accidental fire burps Alanna learns that dragon babies are hard work! And when a mama dragon finally comes to claim the babies Alanna’s costume is so convincing that she is swept along for the ride as they journey to Dragon Rock a mysterious magnetic force that draws dragons of all shapes and sizes to a magical untouched valley.</p>