the Saint
of Dragons
JASON HIGHTMAN
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2004
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Source ISBN: 9780007159079
EBook Edition © AUGUST 2010 ISBN: 9780007383429 Version: 2014-10-07
For my mother and father
Table of Contents
CHAPTER TWO - The Original Dragonhunter
CHAPTER THREE - The School in the Lighthouse
CHAPTER FOUR - St George, the Elder
CHAPTER FIVE - A Brief History of Dragons
CHAPTER SIX - The Family Business
CHAPTER SEVEN - A Manhattan Dragon
CHAPTER EIGHT - The Woman who Fell in Love with a Dragon
CHAPTER NINE - The Battle with the White Dragon
CHAPTER TEN - Something to Chill your Bones
CHAPTER ELEVEN - A Hidden Evil
CHAPTER TWELVE - A Ship Made for One
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - The Mystery of the Medallion
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Sunny with a Chance of Hurricanes
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - A Serpent’s House
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Things that Go Splash in the Dark
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - We Need a Weapon
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - The Dragon of Paris
CHAPTER NINETEEN - Icy Ventures
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - A Crash Course in Predators
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - Graveyard of Dragons
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - The Russian Dragon
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - The Fury of Fire
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Elements of Destruction
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Two Against the World
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - The Lair of the Peking Beast
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - The Black Dragon
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - A Chinese Dragon’s Sailing Ship
CHAPTER THIRTY - Separate Journeys
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - Friendship with a Dragon
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - Unwelcome Guests
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - Heroes in Need of Heroes
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - The Honour of Dragons