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Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

Dragon Rider

by Cornelia Funke
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  • First Published:
  • Aug 1, 2004, 528 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 2005, 528 pages
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aloria frost

it was a great book i loved it so much.
Kayli

Even though I'm not done, I can already tell that this book is a real winner. I love this book!!
Ryan Skywalker

this book is for people who love myth - like beast!!
A MUST HAVE FOR THE DREAMER AND IMAGINATIVE PERSON
gems

I'm in the middle of this book but i still think it's great!

Inkheart was and is my favourite book of all time and Theif Lord was fantastic!

Truely a 100% great book
Jen

I loved this book because there is so much suspence and action. 2 thumbs way up!
Xinyu Luo

This was a spectacular book! Firedrake, a silver dragon and his companion Sorrel, a Spotted Forest Brownie, learns that their precious valley is about to be attacked by humans, the set of on a hopeless adventure to find the mystical Rim of Heaven. A boy named Ben hitches along on the adventure and becomes a trusted friend and a navigator, but evil lurks at every water source. Nettlebrand, the Golden One is a golden dragon who enjoyed hunting and eating silver dragons, but he thought that they had been extinct 150 years ago when he couldn't track any more, but when Firedrake lands at his door step, he sends spies to track them down. After alot of help, and united allies, a risky plan makes an end of the book.

sjcurby

I thought it was awsome at the end
Xinyu Luo

This was a spectacular book! Firedrake, a silver dragon and his companion Sorrel, a Spotted Forest Brownie, learns that their precious valley is about to be attacked by humans, the set of on a hopeless adventure to find the mystical Rim of Heaven. A boy named Ben hitches along on the adventure and becomes a trusted friend and a navigator, but evil lurks at every water source. Nettlebrand, the Golden One is a golden dragon who enjoyed hunting and eating silver dragons, but he thought that they had been extinct 150 years ago when he couldn't track any more, but when Firedrake lands at his door step, he sends spies to track them down. After alot of help, and united allies, a risky plan makes an end of the book.


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