Dragonflight
Readers rate it 3.7 (422 on Hardcover)
320 pages · Released Aug 27, 2002 · Del Rey
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Dragonflight is a classic science-fantasy adventure centered on a young woman bonding with a dragon to save her world from an apocalyptic threat. The story emphasizes courage, resilience, and selflessness, with a strong female protagonist who grows into leadership. Violence is present but not graphic—mostly battle scenes and the threat of Thread destroying life—and there are a few romantic undertones but nothing explicit. The book is engaging for teens and mature readers aged 10+, though younger readers might find the pacing and world-building complex.
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HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But... HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . .From the Paperback edition.
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- Pern (Imaginary place)
- Science Fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction in English
- Fiction
- Fantasy
- Life on other planets
- Space colonies
- Dragons
- Time travel
- American Science fiction
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