Recommended for middle readers. 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.

2) The griffin's feather

Author

Funke, Cornelia

Series

Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 2
Drachenreiter volume 02

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13

Lexile measure

910L

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.