Dragon Rider
(CORNELIA FUNKE)
GERMAN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF 'THE THIEF LORD' AND 'INKHEART', CORNELIA FUNKE'S 'DRAGON RIDER' WHICH WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN GERMANY AS 'DRACHENREITER', IS AN AMAZING AND WONDEROUS TALE. THE STORY BEGINS IN AN SECRET AND HIDDEN 'DRAGON VALLEY', WHERE EVERY DRAGON'S LIFE IS SMOOTH AND EASY. BUT WHEN A RAT COMES AND TELLS THEM THAT HUMANS ARE COMING TO THEIR VALLEY, A YOUNG DRAGON NAMED FIREDRAKE WITH HIS BROWNIE FRIEND NAMED SORREL, IS SENT TO SEARCH FOR A PLACE CALLED THE 'RIM OF HEAVEN'. ON THEIR WAY THEY BEFRIEND A BOY NAMED BEN, WHO WILLS TO GO WITH THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY. THEIR JOURNEY CONTINUES SMOOTHLY.ALL THE TROUBLE STARTS WHEN SORREL ARGUES FIREDRAKE TO LAND ON AN UNKNOWN MOUNTAIN. AN EVIL CREATURE NAMED NETTLEBRAND,WHO HUNTS SILVER DRAGONS KNOWS ABOUT THEIR ARRIVAL AND GETS ON THEIR TRAIL TO FIND THE RIM OF HEAVEN WHERE HE COULD HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HUNTING LOTS OF SILVER DRAGONS. ON THEIR WAY THEY MEET PROFESSOR BARNABAS GREENBLOOM, A MANIKIN NAMED TWIGLEG, PROFESSOR ZUBEIDA GHALIB, DALAI LAMA AND A RAT NAMED LOLA GRAYTAIL, EACH OF WHOM PLAYS THEIR PART IN HELPING OUT FIREDRAKE.BEN FINDS OUT WHO HE WAS IN HIS PREVIOUS LIFE AND WHAT HE IS DESTINED TO IN THIS LIFE. WHEN THEY COME QUITE CLOSE TO THEIR GOAL THEY MEET A STRANGE DUBIDAI(A BROWNIE WITH FOUR ARMS) NAMED BURR-BURR CHAN, WHO VOLINTEERS TO HELP THEM OUT. BUT NETTLEBRAND,THE GOLDEN ONE, GETS ON THEIR WAY, AND FIREDRAKE AND HIS FRIENDS MUST USE THEIR WITS TO DEFEAT THIS INDESTRUCTIBLE CREATURE. DRAGON RIDER IS A HEART-MELTING TALE ABOUT FAITH, HONESTY, THE TRUE MEANING OF HOME AND TEAM-SPIRIT. IT IS A FUN WAY OF GETTING TO KNOW THE WORLD. BREAKING ALL THE BOUDARIES OF IMAGINATION, FUNKE GIVES A DELICIOUS TREAT TO ALL AVID READERS AND CHILDREN WHO LOVE TO LET THEIR IMAGINATION RUN WILD.
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