The reader is a skilled actor with a melodious voice who greatly enhances the remarkable adventures of Pern. is an amazing experience and will exhilarate audiences young to old. To enter the exotic world of Pern, a land the author created more than 30 years ago. The boy is desperate to become a rider, but desolate when his sister is the one chosen to be brought to the hatchling grounds. "Ever the Twain" is a new, delightful story of twins who are inseparable. "The Runner of Pern" is about another unusual profession, runners who carry messages from place to place. In "The Girl Who Heard Dragons," a girl who is not a dragon rider has the unusual power of being able to communicate with dragons. In "The Smallest Dragonboy," Keevan, although diminutive, wants desperately to become a rider, while his peers tease him unmercifully about fulfilling his dream. Children at the appropriate age go to the hatchling grounds where dragons are first breaking out of their shells and choose their own dragon. McCaffrey takes us into the magical, whimsical world where dragons are adorable, amiable, and yet fierce creatures that adore their riders and fight evil. Includes "The Smallest Dragonboy," "The Girl who Heard Dragons" "The Runner of Pern," "Ever the Twain." Plastic plot, author notes. MLA style: "A Gift of Dragons." The Free Library.this is a great beginning for the pern series, and an great concept of maternal love. And finally, a very special gift an exciting new Pern adventure fresh from the imagination of Anne McCaffrey. The smallest dragonboy by Anne Mccaffrey This is a beloved story using her smallest son as inspiration Kevan is a young boy that is put down and put apon, who finds love and friendship in dragons. The 'Runner of Pern' is a girl named Tenna, who follows family tradition by delivering messages - and who will find her destiny on the mossy traces that runners have used for centuries under dragon-filled skies. In 'The Girl Who Heard Dragons', a young girl's rare ability to communicate with dragons puts her family in danger and will bring her face-to-face with her greatest fear - and her most secret desire. But what transpires will surprise everyone - Keevan most of all. In 'The Smallest Dragonboy', Keevan is the youngest dragonrider candidate, determined to impress a dragon when the next clutch of eggs hatches. A Gift Of Dragons brings together three well-loved stories and a thrilling new tale of Pern in a single volume illustrated with beautiful artwork by Tom Kid. As anyone kws who has been touched by the storytelling magic of Anne McCaffrey, to read of the exotic world of Pern is to inhabit it - and to experience its extraordinary dragons is to soar aloft with them and share their dazzling adventures. For more than thirty years, Pern has conjured visions of brave men and women mounted upon the backs of dragons.
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