"Saint George and the Dragon" by Margaret Hodges is an adaptation of Edmund Spencer's "Faerie Queen". It is about the Red Cross Night who goes to fight a dragon for the Fairy Queen. Una, his love, is sent to notify him of the chaos and travel back with him. He ends up winning the fight with the dragon, in a gruesome battle which is the majority of the book. At the end he is crowned Saint George as he has promised to serve the Fairy Queen when she called on him, and he is loyal to his word.
I would probably opt not to use this book in a classroom due to its explicit nature. It is a violent story and the book is pretty graphic. If a teacher was going to use this, because it has many good aspects, like the lesson on loyalty and not giving up when fighting the beast, they would have to use their judgement on their class.
The book is also very wordy. It has large paragraphs on each page and is very advanced. I even had to read it twice. For this reason also, I would likely not use it in the classroom in younger grades, which is what I plan to teach.
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