{"product_id":"handbook-for-dragon-slayers-9780062008169","title":"Handbook for Dragon Slayers","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike Gail Carson Levine's books, Merrie Haskell's middle grade fantasy adventure \u003cem\u003eHandbook for Dragon Slayers\u003c\/em\u003e mixes magic, mythical creatures, thrilling action, and a wonderful cast of characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical upheaval sends Princess Tilda fleeing from her kingdom in the company of two hopeful dragon slayers. The princess never had any interest in chasing dragons. The pain from her crippled foot was too great, and her dream was to write a book. But the princess finds herself making friends with magical horses, facing the Wild Hunt, and pointing a sword at fire-breathing dragons. While doing things she never imagined, Tilda finds qualities in herself she never knew she possessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandbook for Dragon Slayers\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply satisfying coming-of-age tale wrapped in a magical adventure story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaskell, Merrie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMerrie Haskell was born in Michigan and grew up in North Carolina. She wrote her first story at the age of seven, and she walked dogs after school in order to buy her first typewriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerrie returned north to attend the Residential College of the University of Michigan, where she earned a BA in biological anthropology. Her fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eNature\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUnplugged: The Web's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy: 2008 Download\u003c\/em\u003e. She now lives in Saline, Michigan, with her husband and stepdaughter. Merrie works in a library with over seven million books, and she finds this to be just about the right number. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Princess Curse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHandbook for Dragon Slayers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317926596882,"sku":"9780062008169","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b80c88e-256c-4a08-9257-65b568109e6e.jpg?v=1727542922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/handbook-for-dragon-slayers-9780062008169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}