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Icefire is a story that Chris d’Lacey wrote. And it was first published in Great Britian in 2003 by Orchard Books. Also the ISBN is 978-1-84362-134-8 and this book is about a college student called David Rain who is boarding with the Pennykettles. Their names are Liz and Lucy, and Liz is Lucy’s mother and they make dragon sculptures from clay. They also have a secret which David soon discovers.

David also has a girlfriend called Sophie who goes to Africa and gains experience looking after the wildlife over there as she works with animals. And David also has another friend, and she goes to the same college. And her name is Zanna. She also dresses in black and as they are both geography students they are given separate assignments to do.

Anyway Zanna pops over to give David a book about Dragons to help him with his assignment. And this was while the Pennykettles were out, and as Zanna is a curious person they go in the room where the clay dragons are kiln. And then without knowing that she had “the quickening gift” at the time Zanna picks up an egg that was made out of clay, and something happens. But then that’s not all as after that a mysterious aunt turns up, and David temperarily moves next door as “the aunt” has taken over. But while David was in Mr Bacon’s house he learns more about the polar bears, and dragons of course.