A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.
juvenile
Ruth Stiles Gannett ; illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett.
"Newberry Honor Book"--Dust jacket.
"This Dover edition...is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Random House, New York, in 1948"--Copyright page.
Sequel: Elmer and the dragon.
Newbery Honor, 1949.
