Dragon Masters #1: Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West (author) (US edition)

Dragons, kings, wizards and magic! Epic like King Arthur’s legends. (But funnier.) A brand new fantasy series for all you gallant young readers who’d love a dragon of your own. Being a Dragon Master sounds rather cool, doesn’t it? A bit like Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon, in fact. Still, dragons aren’t real, are they? At least, that’s what farm boy Drake thinks. But when Drake is snatched by King Roland’s soldiers and taken to the castle, he learns that the Dragon Stone has chosen him to be a Dragon Master. Now he must tap into his special power. But what is it? And will he connect with his dragon?