Duel of Dragons

By Michael Dahl and Luigi Aime

Sam has dragon blood. So do the teenagers who find him. Only one of them can lead.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Jul 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496504517

Michael Dahl

Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teachers’ Choice Award from Learning Magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minnesota.

Book preview

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CHAPTER 1

Empty Chains

A stone tower stood in the middle of a lonely forest.

Leaves crunched underfoot and twigs snapped.

A teenage boy walked through the thick maze of trees. His name was Sam Stevens.

When he saw the stone tower, Sam stopped.

He stared at the tower’s open door and frowned.

It’s been a long time, he said to himself.

Inside the tower was a single, large room.

Dust and dead leaves covered the floor. Darkness lurked in the corners.

Chains hung from the far wall.

As Sam stepped into the room, a cool wind stirred the chains.

They scraped against the stone wall. He remembered that scraping sound.

He could not forget the time he had lived within the tower.

His parents had been ashamed of him.

They had been afraid of him.