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Dragon's Milk (Dragon Chronicles (Atheneum Books))

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Dragons Milk is one of the best books Ive ever read. Its about a girl named Kaeldra whos sister gets sick and her only cure is dragons milk. Kaeldra is told to go off and return with dragons milk. The only way she could get the milk was to make a deal with the mother dragon Fiora to watch her three draclings while Fiora went off in the night to find food. After Fiora gets killed the draclings are in danger so Kaeldra has to go on a dangerous journey to find a safe place for the draclings. When I read this book I was not able to put it down, I felt as though I was in the book. I was fortunate to have met Susan Fletcher at my school last year.

Kaeldra, the main character of this book, is put to a major decision which will cause her life or death. One she finds out that her foster-sister has a life-taking disease, Kaeldra sets out to find a cure. From her grandma, she finds out that her mother could speak to dragons and she must be able too, because she comes from a long line of dragon-sayers, which are people who can communicate with dragons. Her grandma tells her that dragon's milk is the only thing that can heal Kaeldra's sister.

Dragons, though, do not have the best of tempers. When Kaeldra gets to the lair of the dragon, she may find out she may not have gotten the trait from her mother. What will happen. Will Kaeldra get killed while trying to save her sister? Or will she be one of the only who can talk to dragons?Read this book to either make a heart striking discovery, or a heart killing end.

This book is amazing, and I could not stop reading it. I would have finished it in one day, except I had, amazingly enough, school. So, instead it took me two amazing days which were packed with excitment from this book.

If you like books about dragons, fantasy, or a girl just trying to prove herself worthy of honor, then read this book.

This book by Susan Fletcher is about a girl named Kaeldra whose sister is sick with Vermilion Fever. She will die if she doesn't get the cure: dragon's milk. Kaeldra has to earn it from a dragon by watching her draclings while she is out hunting. But one night, she learns that the mother dragon died and she has to take the babies to a place where they won't be killed. The rest of this book you will have to read for yourself. This is an adventure book, but it also has a little bit of sadness and just a little bit that is gross, but it is still a very exciting book to read. This is a sixth grade reader that just loves this book. READ THIS BOOK!

If you're looking for a book with fantasy and plenty of adventure, the Dragon Chronicles is the series for you. In this first book, Kaeldra, a Kragish girl living as an outsider with some Elythians, struggles to fit in. The strange thing about Kaeldra besides her having straw-colored hair, unlike the Elythians' sleek raven color, and being abnormally tall, is that she has green eyes. According to ragish myths, a girl with green eyes is a dragonsayer and can call dragons. Kaeldra fiercely refuses to believe it, but when her youngest half-sister, Lyf, gets sick with vermillion fever, she must face the truth. She must go in the dragon's lair and get its milk. And so following in the footsteps of her great-grandmother, Kara, who could communicate with dragons (see Flight of the Dragon Kyn), Kaeldra journeys to the great dragon Fiora's den and takes care of her three draclings, later called Pyro, Ember, and Synge. Her fate is entwined with theirs when Fiora is suddenly slain and she is on an adventure of a lifetime to bring the draclings to Landerath. Along with the three specially characterized draclings, she finds out that she does really belong. You MUST MUST read this book!

My mother read this book to me when I was in grade school. Both of us were completely enthralled by it. This book was the book that started my fanatical love of dragons. Since my mother read it to me, I've read it on my own twice. We enjoyed it so much, we sought out the two sequels, Sign of the Dove and Flight of the Dragon Kyn.

One of the best features of this book was the dragons perceived as being capable 'good guys.' Too many times we read of dragons as being bloodthirsty, hoarding beasts that kill innocents as a past time activity. In Dragon's Milk, the dragons are not perceived as weak by any means whatsoever, but shows that they can, and do, love. The characters (especially the draclings) are well developed and unique. There is some tragedy, but it only makes this wonderful story better.

I'm now fifteen, and I recently re-read Dragon's Milk. I still adore the story, but it is intended for middle school readers. There is no doubt that Dragon's Milk will be a story I read to my children one day.

Dragon's milk is an exciting and yet dramatic fantasy book. It is by far the best that I have read. A young girl works so hard, and perseveres, overcoming massive obstacles to do what is in her heart. An outsider, who is the key to salvation itself. This book is a must read. I have begun looking for more of Susan's books and I am most deffinately sure that they will be just as enchanting as Dragon's Milk!

This book has been my favorite book for at least 4 years (I'm 12). I am now into reading young adult books such as The Golden Compass and Sabriel, but I always come back to Dragons Milk as my favorite. This book is so rich wth the beauty of alien creatures (dragons), and Susan Fletcher's imaginative, ideal writing. I highly compliment Fletcher's hard work, and all the ploting and thinking she had to put into Dragons Milk. The plot of Dragons Milk is thick, and has a mystery sometimes faint, but always there. A book that is worth thinking about , even after you've read it. I again say what a magnifacient book this is, trust me, you NEED to read it!!!

..., there are other fantasy writers with a better knack for character development. The plot is satisfying enough; a young girl with a conscience tries to help a trio of young dragons to the safety provided by a sort of underground "dragon conservation movement." The dragonlore the author invents is captivating and plausible, providing the characters of her world innumerable reasons for dragonslaying. However, practically everyone the main character encounters is against her, from the mildly "wicked stepmother" type character to the wicked apothecary to the evil King to the wicked fashion-designer... And the overnight reformation of a would-be-dragonslayer was quite unbelievable. And after a tyme, the over-use of the letter y in practically every syngle name became more than myldly annoying, yf you catch my dryft.

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If you like fantasy/science fiction, this is a must read book. It's entertaining, original, and it keeps you on your toes. It's about a girl named Kaeldra, who goes on an quest with three baby dragons to find their family. But at the same time, the dragon hunters are following her. The plot is so great, and so amusing, that you can't put it down. You grow attached to the characters, and you won't want this book to end. READ THIS BOOK!

Dragons milk is an enticing story of a young girl who can speak dragon toung and must use her gift to bargain with a dragon whose draclings hane just hatched in order to bring some the precios dragon's milk to her foster sister to cure a deadly illness.I think that you,young or old, should read this book.The detail of this book pulls you in and doesn't let go!If you get this,DO NOT read the back of it ! It spoils half the story!