The Dragon Diary — Dugald A. Steer

The dragon adventures continue in this second volume of the fire-breathing fiction series from the creators of the international bestseller Dragonology!

Twelve-year-old Daniel Cook and his sister, Beatrice, are thrilled to be studying dragonology with Dr. Ernest Drake -- they are even awaiting the hatching of a dragon's egg in their care! But all is not well in the world of dragons: rumors of a deadly plague affecting dragons around the world are growing. Could dark dragonologist Alexandra Gorynytchka be behind the mysterious illness?

The siblings soon learn that the secret to curing the sick dragons may lie in the pages of the Liber Draconis, a dragon diary written by a wise dragon ages ago -- if only they could decipher it! So they set off (with their mischievous young dragon chick in tow) on the Dragon Express, riding one dragon after another in a race to bring Liber Draconis -- and a cure -- to Dr. Drake before it's too late.

Can Daniel and Beatrice solve the mystery of the dragon diary and stop Alexandra before all the world's dragons are either under her control or, worse, dead?