Text copyright © 2016 by Tui T. Sutherland

Map and border design © 2016 by Mike Schley

Dragon illustrations © 2016 by Joy Ang

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sutherland, Tui, 1978– author.

Escaping peril / by Tui T. Sutherland.

pages cm. — (Wings of fire ; Book Eight)

Summary: Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission — find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her will be a help or a hindrance.

ISBN 978-0-545-68544-3

1. Dragons — Juvenile fiction. 2. Quests (Expeditions) — Juvenile fiction. 3. Friendship — Juvenile fiction. 4. Identity (Psychology) — Juvenile fiction. 5. Adventure stories. [1. Dragons — Fiction. 2. Prophecies — Fiction. 3. Friendship — Fiction. 4. Identity — Fiction. 5. Adventure and adventurers — Fiction. 6. Fantasy.] I. Title. II. Series: Sutherland, Tui, 1978– Wings of fire ; bk 8.

PZ7.S96694Es 2016

813.6 — dc23

[Fic]

2015030596

First printing, January 2016

Cover art © 2016 by Joy Ang

Cover design by Phil Falco

e-ISBN 978-0-545-68546-7

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