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1) Dragonsdawn
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
In the beginning, before Thread, before the Dragons, before the Holds and the Weyrs and the elite Dragonriders of Pern, was just the great ships gliding through space with nearly six thousand colonists prepared to tackle the mighty task of beginning a new world on a strange planet.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Tired of his boring life, Lord Jaxom decides to secretly train his extraordinary dragon to take part in the desperate battles of dragons and their riders against the Threadfall that periodically threatens their planet.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the planet of Pern no longer threatened by Threadfall, its inhabitants are free to build new lives for themselves with the help of recently discovered ancient technology, until a terrifying new peril from the sky endangers the planet.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
When a mine containing firestone, the mineral that gives the dragons of Pern their ability to breathe fire, explodes, killing the miners trapped there, young Cristov volunteers to take over the dangerous task of retrieving the explosive rock for the dragons.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A child prodigy turned Masterharper, Robinton must fight for his life when the citizens of Pern begin to doubt his and other Harpers' warnings of the coming of the dreaded Thread, and he uses his love of music, tlelpathic dragons, and his homeland to battle and evil tyrant preparing to take over the planet.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
All seems well on Pern until a mysterious ailment strikes, killing myriads of holders, craftsmen, and dragonriders. Pern is left in mortal danger with no one to rise to char the parasitic Thread.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everyone, holder and dragonrider alike, pitched in to help except Nerilka's father, who refused to share Fort Hold's bounty with the other Holds. So, ashamed of her family and determined to do her part, Nerilka packed up medicines and supplies and sneaked off to aid her people."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being saved from drowning by talking dolphins, a boy sets out to integrate them into the world of humans. The dolphins--genetically engineered--were part of the original colony on Pern, but humans lost touch with them, preferring dragons who could be used to fight wars. By the author of The Chronicles of Pern.
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Series
Acorna's children volume 3
Language
English
Description
The dramatic conclusion to the breathtaking saga of the children of Acorna and Aari.
Khorii, the rebellious daughter of Acorna, the near-mythic heroine of her people, has tried to follow in her mother's footsteps in this time of plague and terror. But the pressure on the courageous young woman to succeed is tremendous, and the legacy she is expected to fulfill is overwhelming.
The insidious enemy that has ravaged countless known worlds has left...
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