| Italic Title: | (see above) |
| Dragon's Bait | |
| Author: | Vivian Vande Velde |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Published: | HMH Books for Young Readers, April 1, 2003 |
| Pages: | 208 |
Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde is a fantasy novel for young readers that was published in 2003. The Harcourt/Magic Carpet Books copies show the copyright as 1992.[1]
Alys has been falsely accused of witchcraft and is about to be sacrificed to a dragon. Then, Selendrile, a LeGuinian dragon that can assume a human form, offers to help her retaliate. Along the way to revenge against her inquisitor, Alys and Selendrile find a complicated path. This adventure looks at issues of revenge, heroism, and more with a splash of irony.[2]