Authors: Robin McKinley
ISBN-13: 9780441016433, ISBN-10: 044101643X
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: September 2008
Edition: Reprint
Robin McKinley is the critically-acclaimed author of numerous novels, including Newbery Medal winner The Hero and the Crown and Newbery Honor winner The Blue Sword. Her vivid descriptions of life on a nature preservation that is home to over two hundred dragons will captivate and enthrall readers of all ages. She lives in England.
Dragons are extinct in the wild, but the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies in Smokehill National Park is home to about two hundred of the world's remaining creatures. Until Jake discovers a dying dragon that has given birthand one of the babies is still alive.
In her customary way McKinley evokes a complete, detailed alternate reality . . .