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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Description
A tale of dragons in the fantasy land of Pern and the boy who communicates with them by telepathy. He is Rob, a musical genius, and when he grows up he leads the dragons and their riders in battle against an evil man who denies people education.
2) Dragon's kin
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
Beginning with the classic Dragonrider of Pern, Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of devoted readers have soared on the glittering wings of Anne's imagination, following book by book the evolution of one of science fiction's most beloved and honored series. Now, for the first time, Anne has invited another writer to join her in the skies of Pern, a writer with an...
3) Dragonsinger
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1977
Description
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.
4) Dragondrums
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1979
Description
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
Acorna volume 1
Publisher
HarperPrism
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
A trio of prospectors adopt an infant unicorn girl they find drifting in an escape pod, taking care to shield her from scientists and others who would exploit the child for their own purposes, but as refugees on the planet Kezdet they encounter even more danger from a mysterious man who trades in child labor.
6) Dragonsdawn
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Series
Formats
Description
"A Del Rey book." 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.
7) Dragonflight
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Description
Dragonflight takes place in the far future on Pern, a planet colonized by humans. The colonists had originally intended to gradually adopt a low-technology agrarian lifestyle, but were forced to move more quickly after they encountered the deadly Thread raining down from the sky. By harnessing and riding the indigenous, flying, fire-breathing dragons (with genetic alterations to make them larger and telepathic), the colonists destroyed the Thread...
Author
Series
Acorna volume 4
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Acorna, the "unicorn girl" has made peace with her Linyaari past, and aboard the interplanetary salvage vessel Condor she is finally free. But dread overtakes her when a distress signal summons Acorna and her companions to a nearby planet. For among the myraid wonders of this world of sentient plants and intoxicating perfumes are unmistakable signs that everythng Acorna holds dear is in peril. A promise of world-shattering devastation is in the celestial...
9) Sky dragons
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
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.
10) Acorna's search
Author
Series
Acorna volume 5
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
The homeworld Acorna has never known was horribly scarred in the brutal attack by the cold-blooded Khleevi, but the Linyaari -- the unicorn girl's gentle, spiritual race -- live on. Now is the time for healing and rebuilding, for restoring the natural beauty corrupted by the savage insectile oppressors. But Acorna's Linyaari friends and colleagues begin mysteriously disappearing soon after work gets under way, among them her beloved Aari. And her...
Author
Series
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Beloved by millions of readers, Anne McCaffrey is one of science fiction's favorite authors. Writing with award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, she has created the bestselling Acorna series focusing on the adventures of the brave unicorn girl.
Now the exciting saga of the next generation begins.
First WarningKhorii, daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, must contend with an overwhelming legacy to forge a path of her...
12) Acorna's triumph
Author
Series
Acorna volume 7
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Aari has returned! Now he and his lifemate, the brave and beautiful Acorna, can finish rebuilding their once-decimated homeworld. Yet Aari's travels through time have left him oddly changed, and he barely remembers Acorna or their love. And as Aari's actions turn more sinister, Acorna must shift her attention to stopping the destruction of innocents by a vicious criminal. It is precisely the sort of weakness and confusion the dreaded Khleevi have...
13) Acorna's rebels
Author
Series
Acorna volume 6
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Acorna's people, the Linyaari, have begun reclaiming their homeworld from the ravages of the brutal Khleevi. But the first wave of explorers has unlocked a larger mystery about the origins of the Linyaari -- one that has led Aari, Acorna's beloved lifemate, on a dangerous journey from which he may never return.
Setting off on a quest to find Aari, Acorna and her friends -- Captain Becker, Mac, Nadhari, and RK -- are forced to crash land on the beautiful...
14) Acorna's people
Author
Series
Acorna volume 3
Publisher
HarperPrism
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Filled with adventure and wonder, Acorna's Peoplecontinues the enthralling saga of Acorna, the beautiful, brave, and kindhearted creature known as the Unicorn Girl."Welcome Home, Linyaari Child!"
With the help of her "uncles" and the thousands of humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her true people, the peaceful, telepathic Linyaari. But Acorna still has much to do before she can enjoy her new home. The legendary resting place of the...
15) Acorna's quest
Author
Series
Acorna volume 2
Publisher
HarperPrism
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 17
Description
Space heroine Acorna battles extortionists who changed a planet's weather when its inhabitants refused their demands. The result has been mass starvation. A sequel to Acorna: The Unicorn Girl.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1993
Description
These are the first five episodes of Anne McCaffrey's fascinating saga of Pern - in which listeners learn about the earliest days of Pernese history. Beginning with the very first ever Dragonriders of Pern adventure, join the original survey team as they explore Pern and recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships - aided by intelligent, talking dolphins - braves the currents...
18) Dragonsong
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1985, c1976
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
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.
19) Power play
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1995
Description
Day by day the sentient planet of Petaybee is learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires...even to use human speech. But few outsiders truly care for the feelings and intelligence of what they perceive to be a giant hunk of rock or a mere oddity-and the Petaybeans have their hands full trying to protect their beloved planet from the sudden influx of visitors....
20) Power lines
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1994
Description
The inhabitants of a planet in space battle the ruling mining company which is raping it, rape being an appropriate word in this case as the planet has, like human beings, a consciousness. A futuristic treatment of a present day problem: shortsighted opportunism. By the author of The Powers That Be.
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