DRAGON KEEPER by Carole Wilkinson

Dragonkeeper

Summary: A young slave girl lives a horrible life until the Emperor arrives and tries to sell the imperial dragon to a dragon hunter! In a act of bravery she saves the dragon and starts her journey through China. As she travels, she encounters friends and enemies, and learns life lessons with the old dragon Long Danzi. She also protects the strange and mysterious Dragon Stone.

As you go through the series, you will meet Kai, a young dragon. And, after going on many adventures with Kai, the young girl finally has to say goodbye to dragons forever.  If you want to know her name and how she became free, you will have to read the book.

On a scale of 1-10, I would chose 10.

I recommend ages 9-12 for this book.