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1) Eragon
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
2) ONYX STORM
Author
Series
Empyrean volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust. Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit,...
3) Iron flame
Author
Series
Empyrean volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
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Description
"Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College--Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance....
Author
Series
My father's dragon volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.
5) Fourth wing
Author
Series
Empyrean volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
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Description
As war grows more deadly, Violet Sorrengail joins the elite Navarre: the dragon riders. But she'll need to keep her wits because once you enter the Basgiath War College, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
6) Eldest
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 36
Language
English
Description
After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
Author
Series
Nampeshiweisit volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A young, Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy after bonding with a hatchling -- and quickly finds herself at odds with the "approved" way of doing things -- in the first book of a brilliant new fantasy series. The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations -- until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon's egg and bonds with its hatchling. Her people are delighted, for all remember the tales of the days...
9) Brisingr
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
Description
Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.
10) Dragon's kin
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Personable characters and superb storytelling make this an excellent choice. . . . Essential for Pern fans of all ages.”—Library Journal (starred review)
The son of a miner, Kindan has no expectations for any other life. He loves his lessons with the camp’s harper, but music isn’t part of a miner’s future. He also enjoys helping out with the camp’s watch-wher— a creature distantly...
The son of a miner, Kindan has no expectations for any other life. He loves his lessons with the camp’s harper, but music isn’t part of a miner’s future. He also enjoys helping out with the camp’s watch-wher— a creature distantly...
11) City of dragons
Author
Language
English
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Description
Accompanied by human keepers, the dragons embark on a dangerous journey to their ancient, mythical homeland of Kelsingera, and along the way form deep bonds with the humans that are severely tested during the journey's final days.
12) Dragon haven
Author
Language
English
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Description
As the dragons, the humans--including the strong and defiant Rain Wild girl Thymara; the wealthy dragon scholar and Trader's wife, Alise; and her companion, the urbane Sedric--and their magical supply barge, captained by the gruff Leftrin, forge their way ever deeper into uncharted wilderness, human and beast alike discover they are changing in mysterious and dangerous ways ... an that all of them may not survive.
13) Dragon keeper
Author
Language
English
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Description
Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, a tangle of serpents fights its way up the Rain Wild River to the cocooning grounds. But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old; some cannot fly, others are stunted or deformed. To save the dragons, a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them if they are to find their true home--the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra.
Author
Series
Roots of chaos volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
A child prodigy-turned-Masterharper, Robinton must fight for his life when the citizens of Pern begin to doubt his and other Harpers' warnings of the coming of the dreaded Thread, and he uses his love of music, telepathic dragons, and his homeland to battle an evil tyrant preparing to take over the planet of Pern.
Author
Series
My father's dragon volume 3
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1987, c1951
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elmer must come once again to the aid of his flying baby dragon when men discover its retreat and begin to hunt it.
17) Shadow scale
Author
Series
Seraphina volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Seraphina, half-dragon and half-human, searches for others like her who can make the difference in the war between dragons and humans in the kingdom of Goredd.
19) Fireborne
Author
Series
Aurelian cycle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"Two dragonriders must go head-to-head for the top position in the Callipolan fleet, and protect the new regime from those who lost power"--
Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world. Now they are both rising stars in the new regime. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries. Growing up in the same orphanage forged their friendship, and seven...
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them. But not everyone.
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