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1) 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.
2) 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....
3) 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.
4) 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.
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.
Author
Series
Nampeshiweisit volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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2023 Reading Challenge November Bonus Category: Indigenous Authors
2024 Locus Award Nominees - Best Fantasy Novel
2024 Locus Award Nominees - Best Fantasy Novel
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...
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.
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...
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones A Penguin Classic The most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their lethal venom and crushing coils, and as avatars of the Antichrist, servants of Satan, couriers of the damned to Hell, portents of disaster, and harbingers...
12) Dragon haven
Author
Language
English
Formats
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
Formats
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
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.
Author
Publisher
Union Square Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The secret universe of the dragon is revealed, offering insight into their psychological characteristics; their long-held customs; their heroic tales that include such mythological beings as Perseus, Hercules, and Tristan; and their individual personality and history. They lurk in the most hidden corners of the world: the powerful and beautiful creatures known as dragons. We know them as the terrifying beasts of fairy tales, but their own story has...
19) Book of dragons
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From the observations of Bork the Bold to Hiccup's additions for the Dragon Academy, this book gathers all the facts, figures, and secrets that the Vikings have learned about dragons through the ages.
20) 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.
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