Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde is a fantasy novel for young readers that was published in 1992.

[1] Alys has been falsely accused of witchcraft and is about to be sacrificed to a dragon.

Then, Selendrile, a LeGuinian dragon that can assume a human form, offers to help her retaliate.

Along the way to revenge against her inquisitor, Alys and Selendrile find a complicated path.

This adventure looks at issues of revenge, heroism, and more with a splash of irony.