Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse, unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo--alone and unaided--who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside...

In this illustrated, abridged version of the original, the boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and, especially, St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?

Two teenage friends hike into the deserts of Mongolia. Their destination: the Hills of Seven Dragons. But they are not alone. A third figure walks through the desert, following their footprints.

Sixteen-year-old Henry travels to a strange city in search of his missing friend. Someone, or something in the city is stealing cars. Is the missing boy mixed up with the crime? Henry thinks something bigger is behind the thefts. Something with wings.

A lonely farmhouse on a deserted dirt road holds a terrible secret. A young boy is held captive by his family. But it's for his own good. They are trying to protect him from a dangerous creature. A creature that screams in the night.

"A sixteen-year-old cowboy is working at a ranch for the summer. His father said it would be good for him. One night, the horses begin to snort in fear--and a strange teenage boy appears where a fire-breathing shadow once stood. The cowboy is afraid, until he sees that the stranger's birthmark is dragon-shaped--just like his"--P. [4] of cover.

Erik has nightmares about dragons, and he is shocked when he looks in the mirror and sees a dragon face--but when a girl named Violet asks him to help find her brother he learns the secret of the dragon birthmark.

"Carlos works on a fishing boat in the middle of the sea. After a storm, he spots a woman clinging to driftwood. The woman's friends are lost, maybe swallowed by the ocean. But the woman says it was no storm that capsized her ship, it was a monster!"--P. [4] of cover.

Sam Stevens has grown since the days when his parents chained him up at night, and when he returns to the tower in the forest he meets three other teenagers with dragonblood.

"Carr is looking for a tooth. It's no ordinary tooth--it is a dragon's fang. In his search, he hears that these fangs can be found on Snair Island. A little boy on the island offers to show him one, but Carr will be shocked when he discovers where the boy found it"--P. [4] of cover.