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Eragon (2002)

by Christopher Paolini (Author)

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Series: The Inheritance Cycle (1)

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    Proginoskes: A necessity for any fan of quality fantasy to read.
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    PghDragonMan: Continuation of the story . . .
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    Caramellunacy: In Dragon's Blood, indentured servant Jakkin struggles to win his freedom by secretly raising a stolen dragon's egg. I loved Jakkin's bond with his dragon and the intrigue of it all.
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    hermionewannabe: If you enjoy fantasy works than you will love the Eragon series.
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    dagnirath: Pawn of prophecy... has nothing to do with dragons. However, it does have the same writing style, and Eddings is a master storyteller.
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    Journey07: I recommend this book because it is a great book. Who doesn't love a good story about dragons?
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Characters:
Eragon. Saphira. Brom. Arya, Murtagh, Angela, Solembum, Jeod, Durza. Orik. Ajihad, Garrow, and Roran

Setting: In a fantasy land during medieval times.

Theme: Extraordinary things can happen to normal people/

Genre: fantasy, adventure

Summary: This book is about a typical poor young boy who accidently stumbles upon a stone. He tries to sell the stone through multiple merchants but struggles to do so. Litle did he know that the stone would eventually hatch a dragon. The dragon has mysterious powers and Bonds with Eragon. The story is that there were dragon riders and it was a legend where men could fly dragons. The story continues as Eragon goes through adventures with his dragon and learns how to control it and talk to it. In addition, he learns spells himself. The dragon beholds many secret powers within its bodies. The story ends with a battle between good and evil.

Audience: Young adults and people who are interested in dragons.
Curriculum ties: language and learning about genres.

Personal response: Being a person who likes dragons, I found this story to be very thrilling and adventurous. I always dream about flying a plane and this story gives that perspective but with flying a dragon. I personally like the stories that start with a young boy and ends up to managing a lot on his plate. Like saving the world. This book does a great job at telling the story of a fantasy world where draongs live and how humans interact with the dragons. With the writing, I found it to be suitable for young adults. The words and the descriptions were detailed enough to imagine what was going on . I would recommend this book for those who are interesting in reading about voyages into fantasy lands where men can interact with dragons and control them. ( )
  Thach | May 15, 2013 |
I really enjoyed the first and second in this series but felt they went disastrously downhill with Brisinger.(sp?) Still, kudos to the young author and I do look forward to more of his writing. ( )
  Mirkwood | May 10, 2013 |
pretentious and a horribly written knock off. ( )
  StefanieGeeks | May 2, 2013 |
At least a 3-1/2. Quite an epic. This hasn't astounded me with the writing but it's an excellent, detailed and well thought out story and I'm enjoying it. ( )
  Yona | May 2, 2013 |
The fate of an Empire rests in the hands of Eragon, a fifteen-year-old boy who finds a mysterious stone that brings a dragon hatchling. With an ancient sword and an old storyteller for guidance, he is thrust into a world of destiny, magic, and power. The first in the Inheritance Trilogy.
  KilmerMSLibrary | Apr 30, 2013 |
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''Eragon,'' for all its flaws, is an authentic work of great talent. The story is gripping; it may move awkwardly, but it moves with force. The power of ''Eragon'' lies in its overall effects -- in the sweep of the story and the conviction of its storyteller. Here, Paolini is leagues ahead of most writers, and it is exactly here that his youth is on his side.
 

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Paolini, ChristopherAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, GerardNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kuittinen, TeroTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Palencar, John JudeCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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This book is dedicated to my mom, for showing me the magic in the world; to my dad, for revealing the man behind the curtain. And also my sister, Angela, for helping me when I'm 'blue.'
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Eragon knelt in a bed of trampled reed grass and scanned the tracks with a practiced eye.
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It has been one hundred years since the last of the legendary Dragon Riders was slain by the evil Galbatorix, whose tyranny now weighs heavily upon the vast land of Alagaësia. Only three dragon eggs survived the slaughter, and when one of these eggs hatches to a farm-boy named Eragon, Galbatorix dispatches his most fearsome minions to hunt the new Rider down. With his dragon to protect him, Eragon manages to survive the king's first attack, but his uncle is not so lucky. Before long, Eragon finds himself on a quest for revenge that will take him to the far ends of Alagaësia – but an epic power struggle rages around him, and he will soon come to understand the monumental weight of the legacy he has inherited.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0440240735, Mass Market Paperback)

Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords.

Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.

In spite of the engrossing action, this is not a book for the casual fantasy reader. There are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. But the maps and glossaries help, and by the end, readers will be utterly dedicated and eager for the next book, Eldest. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell

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In Aagaesia, 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.

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