Todd McCaffrey
1) Dragongirl
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 28
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
Returning from a three-year visit to a past world where she worked to heal sick and injured dragons, Fiona, rider of the gold queen dragon Talenth, struggles to balance responsibility and ambition when the dragons of her own time begin falling ill
2) Dragonheart
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 27
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
When a young woman is asked to take on the role of Weyrwoman, the co-leader of an entire dragon Weyr, 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
3) Dragon's kin
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The dragonriders explore the capabilities of the dragons' distant cousins, the watch-whers, a discovery that enables them to save more lives in their ongoing fight with Thread
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 25
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When a mine containing firestone, the mineral that gives the dragons of Pern their ability to breathe fire, explodes, killing the miners trapped there, a boy volunteers to take over the dangerous task of retrieving the explosive rock for the dragons
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 26
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
As a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land of Pern, only a young apprentice to the guild of musicians and teachers recognizes the imminent peril and must come up with a way to stop the illness from spreading
6) 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.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 29
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world
Publisher
Smart Pop, an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Science fiction Grand Master Anne McCaffrey and her work, particularly her Dragonriders of Pern series, are beloved by generations of readers. She was one of the first science fiction writers to appear on the New York Times bestseller list, the first woman to win the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and an inductee to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Her death in November 2011 was met with an outpouring of grief and memories from those whose lives her stories...