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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. this is an amasing book about a dragon named firedrack that has to find a better home for the other dragons that live in the same valy away from the humans so they can live in peace. with the help of his browny friend named sroole he looks for the rim of hevan. along the way he meets a boy named ben that lived alown in a old factoury, he has no family or money. he ends up going on this fabulis jurny to the other side of the world. they stoped at a mouten where firedrack resed, later some mouten dwarfs came and looked at firedrack. one dwarf named gravelberd whent to the golden one that hunted dragons he looks like a dragon but he is not a dragon......... i wont tell you any more if you want to now the rest you have to read this amazing book. (  )dragongirl2 | Apr 25, 2009 |   I always like adventure stories, and this one has the theme of where home is. Memorable and likable characters. (  )AtaraxiaM | Apr 10, 2009 | A group of dragons threatened by people invading and destroying their home. Firedrake (a young dragon) and Sorrel (a brownie) set out to find the Rim of Heaven by the direction of the eldest dragon, Slatebeard. The Rim of Heaven is suppose to be a place that dragons can live without being discovered. Along their journey they're discovered by Ben (a human boy) that helps them and joins them on their journey. I read a few chapters of this book to a fifth grade class to see if I could spark their interest in Cornelia Funke's books. I was surprised to see that I was able to keep the interest of the whole class by pausing to asks questions or have them give me a response. By the end of the hour of reading to them, several of the students were asking the teacher if this book was in their library. I also told them that one of the author's books was turned into a movie, Inkheart. For an extension, I would have the class do a compare/contrast between the book and modern day society. I would also have the students do a research project of the different kinds of dragons. I also think the students would enjoy a scavenger hunt of as many books they can find that involve dragons. (  )imagrtdnlvr | Mar 20, 2009 | This was the first dragon book i ever read and i would not chang what i read for any other book.this book is about three friends a dragon, a broweny, a boy, and many others that they meet on there journy to the rim of heaven to escap the dangers of humans. They also meet enamys like other dragons and a homicamo named Twigleg (twigleg is a person that workes for the evil dragon. i can't tell you any more so read this book and enjoy it as the good book it is. =)=)=)=)=)=)=) (  )drangongirl2 | Mar 18, 2009 | This is a long and character rich story of an orphan boy named Ben who befriends Sorrell, a brownie, and Firedrake, a silver Dragon. He accompanies them on the quest to find the rim of heaven so that all dragons can live free from humans. Along the way, they are being watched by Nettlebrand, the evil dragon. Twigleg, a homunculus, spies on them for Nettlebrand at first, but then quickly falls for Ben's friendship and helps the three of them out on their journey. Gravelbeard replaces Twigleg and helps Nettlebrand find them. However, in the end it is the three plus another dragon that they found in a cave at the rim of heaven, that defeats Nettlebrand. At the end, Ben has a new family and Firedrake brings all of the dragons from his home to live at the rim of heaven with the new found dragons. The strength in this book are the characters and their ability to keep the reader interested in what happens to them. sbpagac | Mar 16, 2009 | 0.050 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk (ISBN 0439456959, Hardcover)It's a fantasy, it's long, and it's got dragons in it. Dragon Rider is bound to be another hit book from Cornelia Funke! Ever since the popularity of bestselling fantasies The Thief Lord and Inkheart went global a few years ago, legions of fans have demanded more books from the German author than she can reasonably hope to write each year. So, re-discovering this hefty, earlier novel from 1997 was a logical development--and her keenest readers will devour it as before.
Aimed at slightly younger readers than her previous novels, despite its massive five hundred pages, Dragon Rider is about a brave young dragon called Firedrake who embarks upon a dangerous journey to the Rim of Heaven in the Himalayas--a magical place where silver dragons can rest easy, free from the threat of destruction by mankind and their only hope of sanctuary. The key to its location is a map rendered by a rat who is a master cartographer. Firedrake is joined on his quest by Ben, an orphaned boy, and Sorrell--a wise-cracking Brownie that is an odd, but ingenious, grumpy kind of fairy. Their journey is not a straightforward one by any means. Created by an alchemist called Petrosius Henbane in 1424, Nettlebrand (a malevolent creature covered in impenetrable gold plates) is their biggest threat--he is intent on destroying them. Nettlebrand is aided by Twigleg, a homunculus who has stowed away in Ben's bag and who is feeding reports on their progress back to his master.
Their exciting encounters are many... It is easy to forgive the narrative's excessive length when readers are gorging on such a wonderfully inventive and readable story from an author who has her readers in the palm of her hand on every page. (Age 9 and over) --John McLay (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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