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The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart

by Stephanie Burgis, illustrated by Freya Hartas

Interest age: 8 to 12
Reading age: 8+

Published by Bloomsbury, 2017

  • Adventure
  • Chapter books
  • Fantasy
  • Myths and legends

About this book

Spirited young dragon Aventurine lives with her family in the mountains. Frustrated that she is too young to go out hunting alone, she sneaks out of her cave and attempts to capture a human. As she approaches him, she smells the most delicious aroma from his cooking pot - chocolate! The man tricks her by adding a magical ingredient, so when she drinks it, she turns into a human girl. Without wings, claws or fire, she cannot return home, so heads to the city to seek work.

Desperate to have another taste of the delectable chocolate, she is determined to become an apprentice in one of the exclusive chocolate houses, but she must first learn to control her fierce manner if she is to be accepted into human society.

Dragons, magic and chocolate combine in this captivating fantasy adventure, where the fiery protagonist learns the value of trust and friendship.

About the author

Like her heroine Kat, Stephanie Burgis comes from a big,noisy, loving family. She grew up in Michigan, USA, where as a little girl she became addicted to reading and writing stories. At the age of ten, Stephanie’s favourite books were The Lord of the Rings and Pride and Prejudice, and, in her own words, ‘Writing the Kat books was my chance to finally combine fantasy adventure and nineteenth-century romantic comedy – the two kinds of story I love best.’

Before Stephanie became a full-time writer, she was a student of music, playing the French horn. She won a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study in Vienna, Austria, and earned a Master’s degree in music history. Stephanie has had lots of different jobs, including teaching English to teenagers in Vienna and editing the website of an opera company in northern England.

Stephanie now lives in Wales with her husband, toddler son and their sweet border collie dog, Maya.

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