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Dragonsinger (The Harper Hall Triology) Paperback – June 3, 2008

by Anne McCaffrey (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,051 ratings
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Menolly flees her home because she is not permitted to make music there, and is taken by the Masterharper himself to Harper Hall, where she learns that only her own self-doubt stands in her way.
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 15 years
  2. Book 2 of 3
    Harper Hall of Pern
  3. Print length
    320 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Lexile measure
    920L
  7. Dimensions
    5.25 x 1 x 8.25 inches
  8. Publisher
    Simon Pulse
  9. Publication date
    June 3, 2008
  10. ISBN-10
    1416964908
  11. ISBN-13
    978-1416964902
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon Pulse; Reprint edition (June 3, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416964908
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416964902
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 15 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 920L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1 x 8.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,051 ratings

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Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction's most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Photo by Anna Creech from Ellensburg, WA (Anne McCaffrey signing. Cropped prior to upload.) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Unfortunately after purchasing and reading the book for just 2 days it fell apart. I was highly disappointed. Just cause I was so excited to finish out my collection of the Harper Hall Trilogy. So unfortunately I will be looking to get another one somewhere else or trying to repair this one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book for dragon lovers
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
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Anne McCaffrey is genius author. Dragonsinger is a delightful parallax to hee main Pern universe. If you love Pern and Pern's dragons, you'll love this book.
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Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars still wonderful to read after so many years ~
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024
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Got the Kindle series on a whim for a trip…Harper Hall of Pern. Loved them when I was young, and highly recommend them to everyone.
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A Kareema
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful!
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2023
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I started reading Anne McCaffrey years ago and loved all of Pern. So many hours of enjoyment. I had been reading a more current Dragon series when I recalled how close the Dragon lore, customs, and interactions reminded me of Pern. So I am rereading these wonderful tales! Juvenile literature is easier to read with pure adventure and exciting characters.
Plots are not as convoluted, although this book had a lot of characters crossing their lives with "evil" left to experts.
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Wendy Wood
4.0 out of 5 stars Drangon fantasy love this series.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2022
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Bought the book used was in excellent condition a friend introduced me to Anne McCaffrey I got hooked good series for kids 12 to 16 I got it for myself.
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Cheyenne Blue
5.0 out of 5 stars A happyhappy comfort book
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2014
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Yay for the Kindle which allows me to download (and keep) old favorites. McCaffrey's Dragonsong and Dragonsinger are in that group. While I loved the Pern novels as a kid, for the most part now, I'm too irritated by what didn't really register as a kid: the strong sexist tones that ran throughout. The early books in these series were written in the 1970s and luckily we've moved on a lot since that time.

The "Menolly" books though, have always been my favorites. On the surface, I should loathe them: superhumanly gifted teenage girl, who can play any instrument, sing like a bird, would make a dragonrider, a hard worker, beloved by everyone, swift enough to be a hold runner, and a supremely talented songwriter whose songs delight people at the first hearing. She's also passive in many ways, incredibly modest and unsure of herself and her talents. She's taken to Harper Hall, where in the space of a week, masterharpers seek her opinion, she instantly can play other instruments, she's invited to play with an elite group of musicians, she conducts the whole choir, oh, and her fire lizards can sing and no-one's taught them THAT before. Luckily, her looks aren't mentioned much, and when they are it's fairly non-committal (lanky, too tall, wide shoulders and pretty hair). Thank zod she isn't a stunning beauty with purple eyes and the long-lost lovechild of Lessa and Flar. I think they are possibly the only two Mary-Sue cliches left unexplored.

There's also the whole class system on Pern: the drudges slave in the kitchen for no reward it seems, and just go about serving klah to the elite and cleaning and cooking. Yet the Pern books are rife with "and the peasants cheered" statements. I don't know about you, but if I were a drudge on Pern, I wouldn't be cheering any supremely talented 15 year old, or Lord Holder, I'd be wondering why there wasn't a little more equality in the world.

Much too has been made by others far more eloquent than me about the lack of opportunity for women on Pern: you can work in the kitchens, tend the children, gut fish, cook, heal... Oh, what wonderful 1950s careers for women these are. You might end up Weyrwoman, but even though your dragon is the supreme one, you are still beholden (and forced to mate with) the rider of whichever dragon succeeds in flying yours. There are passive ways of controlling this, but no real way of bucking the system

That said, these books hold my heart in a very real way. I must have read them a dozen times, most recently this morning (thank you, Kindle). There's a charm to them, and Menolly for all her annoying gifts is human and likeable enough, and her joy in her music is heartwarming and real. There's a lovely comfort in the unconditional support she receives when she gets to harper hall, and her tentative friendships. The outcast loner taken into the bosom of a new "family".

Nothing much happens in this book, it's a Day in the Life Of, but it's one of my Happy Books. I can take it out, reread and an hour has gone by.

So even though I should loathe this, I don't. I love it. Forever and ever amen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Read
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
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I love all of Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, but Dragon Song and Dragon Singer are some if my favorites. McCaffrey has the wonderful ability to add in unique abilities of crafters in her stories that give strong flavors in her writing. I highly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sing
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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I loved this book. To Harper hall a young apprentice finds her place. This book had me crying and happy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I love all Anne's books and in fact I have all of them.
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024
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I have read all of Anne's books so many times that several of them I had to buy new copies. In fact the Dragonsinger series is in need of replacement.
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Sharon E. Leighton
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Coming of Age Book
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2021
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This book, set in the fantasy world of Pern, is about an abused, gifted girl who uses her courage, intelligence, and caring to make a place for herself in the world. It's also about the magic of music, and how important it is in a world without reading. It is simply a lovely book.
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SarahC
5.0 out of 5 stars reread
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2024
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Such a reread. I got more out of this for some reason this time- several times I’ve read it as just one to be read to get to the next, but this time I felt for Menolly, and appreciated the different viewpoint on moment such as Ruth’s hatching.
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Mandalame
5.0 out of 5 stars Another angle
Reviewed in Australia on October 13, 2023
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I love how Ann MacCaffrey takes the same story from a different angle, in this case the story of Menolly we meet the same characters but in a different setting. This expands the characterisation and our appreciation of this remarkable world. Loved it.
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Issy048
5.0 out of 5 stars Dragon Song Series / Drachenlied-Triologie
Reviewed in Germany on June 27, 2014
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Dragonsinger is the continuation of Dragonsong and the story of Menolly is continued, which I really liked, as Menolly's Story really got me. I could strongly identify myself with Menolly in Dragonsong, and now her adventure continues.
I really enjoyed reading this book and there is a lot about music in there as well, so it is also a must-have for fantasy and music lovers. At the Harper Craft Hall, Menolly has to face a very different life. She meets people, who really don't like her and try to bully her around, but pretend to be nice or neutral to her while in company. There are a lot of undercurrents there, that Menolly has to get used to.
On the other hand, Menolly makes stout friends in Piemur, Camo, Sebell and even some of the masters, which she impresses by her musical understanding. In the end, I was supprised that only seven days had elapsed since she arrived at the hall. With so much going on (classes, practising, hand healing and the Fort gather), it rather seems that a lot longer time has passed. I'm really impressed how one sevenday could fill a book.

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Drachensänger ist die Fortsetzung von Drachengesang und die Geschichte von Menolly wird fortgesetzt, was mir wirklich gut gefällt, da ihre Geschichte mich sehr berührt hat. Ich konnte mich stark mit Menolly in Drachengesang identifizieren, und jetzt wird ihr Abenteuer fortgesetzt.
Ich habe das Buch wirklich genossen. Es enthält auch viel über Musik, ist also ein Must-Have für Fantasy und Musikliebhaber. In der Harfnerhalle erlebt Menolly and komplett anderes Leben. Sie trifft Leute, die sie wirklich nicht mögen und versuchen, sie zu schikanieren, aber in Gesellschaft anderer vorgeben, nett oder zumindest neutral ihr gegenüber zu sein. Es gibt viele unterschwellige Beziehungen, an die sich Menolly gewöhnen muss.
Auf der anderen Seite gewinnt Menolly sehr gute Freunde in Piemur, Camo, Sebell und sogar einigen der Meister, die sie mit ihrem musikalischem Verständnis beeindruckt. Am Ende war ich überrascht, dass nur sieben Tage vergangen waren seit sie in der Halle angekommen ist. Es ist soviel passiert (Untericht, Übungen, Heilungsbeginn der Hand und das Treffen in Burg Fort), dass es einem vorkommt, als wäre viel mehr Zeit vergangen. Ich bin wirklich beeindruckt, dass ein Siebentag ein ganzes Buch füllen konnte.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2024
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