DOWNER, Anne. Hatching Magic. NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers [2003]. 8vo, [x] 242pp. Navy quarter-boards stamped in bronze, with light green boards. Beige endpapers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, Anne Downer.

First edition. When Gideon’s pet wyvern disappears through a magic hole in time out of 13^th century England, Gideon follows him and ends up in Boston in the year 2002, and enlists the help of 11 year-old Theodora to get back to his own time.