Three Tasks for a Dragon (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536229998)

With wit and gorgeous art, New York Times best-selling author Eoin Colfer and multi-award-winning illustrator P.J. Lynch team up again for a quest story of knights, dark magic, and a maiden with powers of her own.

Studious Prince Lir is next in line to become the Wolfhound King, but he can't ride a horse, lift a sword, or summon the fabled wolfhounds. So his stepmother decrees that her own son will inherit the crown instead, sending Lir away on a seemingly impossible--and assuredly fatal--quest: to rescue the maiden Cethlenn from the once-fearsome dragon Lasvarg. Rather than wage battle, Lir insists that Lasvarg, now decidedly past his prime, honor tradition by setting him three tasks to perform--starting with tackling the mold encrusting the dragon's cave (and his feet!). As Lir improves Lasvarg's life, he also grows closer to Cethlenn . . . as well as the wolfhound puppy strangely devoted to her. In time, they learn more of the dark magic that may be making pawns of them all--and how Cethlenn herself could be the key to breaking a spell that clouds the entire kingdom. With transporting language and a magnificent dragon masterfully rendered with a range of emotions, Eoin Colfer and P.J. Lynch make their own magic in this classic fantasy with a light feminist twist.

Author: Eoin Colfer
ISBN-10: 1536229997
ISBN-13: 9781536229998
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.50w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2023
Booklist 08/01/2023 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 08/21/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2023
Shelf Awareness 11/04/2023