Publication Date: March 1, 2007 (Scholastic)
In The Fire Within, the first book of a young adult series, David Rain, a 20-year-old college student rents a room from Liz Pennykettle and her 10-year-old daughter, Lucy. Liz and her daughter make odd clay dragons that they sell and Lucy makes a special dragon for David. Inspired by the dragon, David begins to write a story for Lucy finding that what he writes seems to happen.