I chose to read summer of the dragon by elizabeth peters for my october book report in this book the main character is a young girl who goes to a ranch in arizona for the summer she is a graduate student who is studying archeology at the ranch after a series of accidents happen including when hank the owner of the ranch goes missing the . Summer of the dragon provides the perspective of a hard wired naturalist on the natural world and wild florida in particular it describes the authors lifetime of interactions with animals and plantsfrom the magical boyhood incident when two snake eggs hatched in his hand to the loss of his right arm to a horrifying attack by a giant alligator. Summer of the dragon and millions of other books are available for instant access view kindle ebook view audible audiobook books literature fiction genre fiction share embed buy new 999 free shipping on orders over 2500 shipped by amazon . Summer of the dragon as usual elizabeth peters gripping storytelling shines in this mystery set in the american southwest desert a great summer read more books by elizabeth peters see all the painted queen 2017 crocodile on the sandbank 2010 the curse of the pharaohs 2010 a river in the sky 2010 the mummy case