Dragonriders of Pern
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1) Dragonflight
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening Thread.But it has been over 400 years since the last Threadfall, and some people have come to doubt that the menace will every strike again. But F'lar, rider of...
2) Dragonquest
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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Since Lessa and Ramoth, her golden queen dragon, traveled into the past to bring forward a small army of dragons and riders to save their world from deadly alien spores, fear and desperation have spread across the land. But while the dragonriders struggle with threats both otherworldly and human, a young rider name F'nor and his brown dragon, Canth, hatch a bold plan to destroy the alien scourge at its source--the baleful Red Star that fills the heavens...
3) Dragonsong
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
4) Dragonsinger
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 5
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
A splendid selection of stories from the lady who taught dragons to fly and rockets to sing . . . Lady in the Tower The Rowan was one of a select group of telepaths—a complete Prime, one of only five. Then one day, another Prime appeared mysteriously from the outer boundaries of space, asking for help in a savage battle against evil! Finder's Keepers Young Peter had a unique gift which earned him and his mother a little money and gave pleasure...
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 6
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Jaxom, a rebellious youth, and Ruth, his white dragon, fly into another time to retrieve the queen's stolen egg, thereby averting a dragonrider war, and find their planet threatened once again by a Threadfall.
7) Dragondrums
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 8
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c1983
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.
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 9
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A deadly epidemic was sweeping across Pern! 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. Her quest to help wherever she was most needed led her finally to Ruatha Hold, where Lord Alessan was frantically preparing...
10) Dragonsdawn
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 10
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Colonists from Earth set out to protect their new home, Pern, from the deadly spores that fall from the sky and devour everything in their path.
The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists - until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything - and everyone - in their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the...
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 12
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1990, c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
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Fighting Thread, the deadly spores that fall from the sky, has been the main concern for many generations of dragons. Little do the dragons know, there is about to be a discovery that will knock the harmful Thread out of the picture for good.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 14
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Discover a lost time. Here is the first Dragonriders of Pern short story collection. Join the original explorers of Pern; share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as ships, aided by talking dolphins, braved the Pernese ocean; hear of the rescue of the original colonists--before the planet was cut off for all time.
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The dolphins of Pern , Dragonriders of Pern volume 15
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The girl who heard dragons , Dragonriders of Pern volume 16
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17) Dragonseye
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 17
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Two hundred years after the first Threadfall, the people of Pern are preparing for the return of the deadly plague, this time armed with the highly-trained fire-lizards that were developed specifically to fight Thread, but Lord Holder Chalkin of Bitra refuses to heed warnings about the coming onslaught and his disbelief could spell disaster.
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Legends: short novels by the masters of modern fantasy , Dragonriders of Pern volume 19
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Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 20
Publisher
Ballantine Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
With the discovery of Aivas, the artificial intelligence hidden for centuries in Pern's southern continent, the residents of the third planet of the sun called Rukbat have learned how to end the threat posed by the periodic fall of Thread from the erratic red star that orbits the planet. Despite the abundance of rediscovered knowledge, new dangers and old fears surface, forcing Dragonriders, Holders, and Craftmasters all to reconsider their purpose...
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 21
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
22) Dragon's kin
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 22
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Series
Tales of Dunk and Egg volume 23
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
24) Dragonsblood
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 24
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
25) Dragon's fire
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 25
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
26) Dragon Harper
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 26
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
27) Dragonheart
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 27
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
When young Fiona is asked to take on the role of Weyrwoman, she soon discovers the challenges of her new position, from unexpected perils to the possibility of losing her own dragon to the sickness that has claimed others.
28) Dragongirl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
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Young Fiona, rider of the gold queen dragon Talenth, has returned from spending three years in the past, where she helped sick and injured dragons and riders to heal in order to return to the present to fight Thread. She is three years older and wiser, but all around her dragons are falling ill and dying, and she and the others are still no closer to uncovering a cure.
29) Dragon's time
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 29
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.
30) Sky dragons
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 30
Publisher
Del Rey Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Xhinna, the first female Weyrleader, and her group of young dragonriders struggle to rebuild the decimated dragon population and protect the world from a deadly alien spore by collecting dragon eggs and protecting baby dragons from predators and saboteurs.
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 31
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"One of the world's most beloved series in sci-fi histoy--Anne McCaffrey's The Dragonriders of Pern--relaunches with an all-new adventure. The world of Pern has for centuries depended on its dragons and their riders to protect it from total annihilation. But when greed and resentment begin to simmer among the working people, and disagreements between dragonriders have already culminated in the exile of an entire clan, the growing tensions threaten...