Last Dragonslayer

Authors: Fforde, Jasper
Publisher: HarperTrophy
BISAC/Subject: JUV000000
ISBN: 9781443407502, Related ISBNs: 144340750X, 9781443407496, 9781443407502
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 352,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis:

In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away.

Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery.

So it’s a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they also point to Jennifer and say something is coming. Big Magic . . .

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