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    The New Kid at School #1

    Part of Dragon Slayers' Academy

    Author Kate McMullan
    Illustrated by Bill Basso
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    $6.99 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Grosset & Dunlap
    5.12"W x 7.62"H x 0.25"D  
    On sale May 12, 2003 | 112 Pages | 9780448431086
    Grades 2-5
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    When a traveling minstrel foretells that he is to become a hero, Wiglaf sets out to fulfill his destiny: he signs up at the Dragon Slayers' Academy. But how can he ever hope to be a dragon slayer when he can't even stand the sight of blood?
    © Kate McMullan
    Kate McMullan taught elementary school in inner-city Los Angeles and on an American Air Force base in Germany. After earning a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education, she decided to try her hand at writing, and settled in New York City. She also writes under the names K.H. McMullan and Katy Hall and has more than 50 children's books to her credit, including her bestselling picture book collaborations with her husband Jim. View titles by Kate McMullan
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    "Wizards, dragons, a secret princess, a pig who speaks Pig Latin, and a hero who is served boiled eel on a bun.  What more could you possibly want in a book." -Jon Szieszka

    "Here's a young hero who could well be Harry Potter's little brother." -Mary Pope Osborne

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    When a traveling minstrel foretells that he is to become a hero, Wiglaf sets out to fulfill his destiny: he signs up at the Dragon Slayers' Academy. But how can he ever hope to be a dragon slayer when he can't even stand the sight of blood?

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    © Kate McMullan
    Kate McMullan taught elementary school in inner-city Los Angeles and on an American Air Force base in Germany. After earning a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education, she decided to try her hand at writing, and settled in New York City. She also writes under the names K.H. McMullan and Katy Hall and has more than 50 children's books to her credit, including her bestselling picture book collaborations with her husband Jim. View titles by Kate McMullan
    Bill Basso View titles by Bill Basso

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    "Wizards, dragons, a secret princess, a pig who speaks Pig Latin, and a hero who is served boiled eel on a bun.  What more could you possibly want in a book." -Jon Szieszka

    "Here's a young hero who could well be Harry Potter's little brother." -Mary Pope Osborne

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