What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

OK. So I think I read this book sometime around 1989-1991. I'm fairly certain it takes place in a fantasy type world. The main character is a boy, maybe a prince, and he goes into an area with this other boy who I think is an apprentice to a wizard. They each find a dragon egg. Later the prince has to run away from the kingdom for some reason. The apprentice doesn't go with him. The prince has to take a boat or raft through a cave that has monsters in it and I'm sure at some point there's a whirlpool.
I've ben trying to remember the name of this book for 20 years now and everyone has no idea what I'm talking about.
Thank you.

I think the dragon hatches at the end when the main character exits the cave.

was it a dragon boat? could be one of the Septimus Heap (Seventh Son) books by Angie Sage and Mark Zug. remembered which one in the series it might be, try Magyk. ah! i just noticed the time frame is off, as this was published in 2011. best of luck

Children of the Dragon ?

Do you remember the cover?
Part of a series?
Do you remember anything about the villain(s)?

YES! That's it! You found it, thank you so much!

Tab wrote: "Children of the Dragon ?

Do you remember the cover?
Part of a series?
Do you remember anything about the villain(s)?"

I think this is the book from my childhood that I've been trying to remember. Do you know if it included a cave with maybe a stream that they had to maneuver?

Nicole, Google Books has a snippet search of Children of the Dragon by Rose Estes:

https://books.google.com/books?id=bo8...

Quotes from the book:
- page 20: Chapter title is "Cave"
- page 22: "... cliff and edged their way toward the large cave that lay ahead, opening into the side of the mountain.
Suddenly a huge green scaly head, topped by a ..."
- page 84: "Be careful! It might be a trap!" cried Daniel, but Lydia ignored him and plunged ahead to the end of the long tunnel and out into the light.
"Why, it's another cave!" she cried. "A big, won- ..."