How about the Ashton Place series that starts with the "Mysterious Howling Noise" or any of Rick Reardon's books? And anything by Dean Koontz of course - especially the Odd Thomas stories

Margaret Weis is an excellent writer and has written quite a few books about dragons. Eragon series is also very good and well written.

Dragon Rider was a good read, but more aimed at early teens than young adults, but I read it twice. Once to myself and once to my great granddaughter. She was perfectly capable of reading it herself, but she used to spend five days a week with me, when her dad was working and she wasn't in school, and it was nice to share that.

Have you read the Eragon series? Or anything at all by Margaret Weis?

Thanks GoodoldBob. I will look for that too.

Dragon's Bane by Barbara Hambly. Once you meet Morkeleb the black you will thank me.