Dragon Pox

<p>Eleven-year-old Hayden Jones always wanted a pet. Too bad Mom doesn't think he is responsible enough. Sure he'd messed up that one time he brought home a stray cat. He'd given it milk and how did it repay him? By shredding Mom's curtains. But he's eleven now and would do anything to change Mom's mind.</p><p>While doing the responsible thing of returning the neighbor's pet Hayden notices a weird glow coming from their barn. Sneaking inside he finds a mysterious contraption holding a strange spotted egg. The machine begins to bubble and gulp and then crackling electricity fill the air. Unsure of what else to do he snatches the egg before everything explodes.</p><p>Not ready to abandon the twitching egg Hayden sneaks home armed with the perfect plan: hatch the egg raise his new pet in secret and prove to Mom he can do this.</p><p>But when it hatches a dragon his itchy adventure begins. Hayden had never seen a dragon before. Where did it come from? How did this one end up in that crazy machine? And why was Hayden suddenly covered in big purple bumps?</p>