Dragon rider
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Scholastic,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
| Series: | Funke, Cornelia, 1958- Dragon rider (Series) ;
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in German under the title Drachenreiter, by Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Hamburg, Germany in 1997. |
| Physical Description: | 523 p. : ill., col. map ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0439456959 9780545316484 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Her desire to draw magical worlds and her disappointment over the way some stories were written inspired her to write her own children's books. Her book, The Thief Lord, won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the best translated children's book of the year and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award. She has also received the Book Sense Children's Literature Award for Inkheart and Inkspell. Funke has written numerous books including Dragon Rider, When Santa Fell to Earth, Igraine The Brave, Reckless, Saving Mississippi, Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath, Igraine the Brave, and The Princess Knight. Inkheart was adapted into a film. Cornelia Funke was voted into the Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) |
