Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson, Book One in the Dragonkeeper series has won many awards, including the CBC Book of the Year, Younger Readers and the Queensland Premier Literary Award in 2004. In Ancient China, Han Dynasty. a young slave girl saves the life of an ageing dragon and escapes her brutal master. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, the girl and the dragon make an epic journey across China carrying a mysterious stone that must be protected.This story of a young slave girl who believes she is not worthy of a name but finds within herself the strength and courage to make this perilous journey — and do what must be done has now been turned into a film.
