"A Rumor of Dragons" by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

A young reader adaptation of the very first Dragonlance novel.

Released in 2003, A Rumor of Dragons is the perfect adaptation of the first Dragonlance novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, written especially for young readers.  Night of the Dragons (Book 2), The Nightmare Lands (Book 3), and Hope's Flame (Book 4) complete the adaptation of the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy. 

Fear and dread have fallen on the land of Ansalon as life-long friends reunite at the Inn of the Last Home. They are as different as friends can be -- an outcast in love with a princess, a would-be warrior, his brother a wizard in training, a stern knight, a grizzled old dwarf, and a childlike kender -- but they have come together again in hopes of saving all they hold precious.

But their beloved homeland has fallen farther into darkness than they can imagine. What began as a gathering of friends soon turns into a struggle for survival and a quest to stop the dreaded Dark Queen from enslaving the world. Enemies lurk in every shadow, and on the winds of autumn comes the whisper of creatures thought long gone -- a rumor of dragons.