Dragon's Song [Paperback]

Sara Stern (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 2005 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

“She was different now, far different than the girl who had left the battlements of Domar with nothing more than a dream and emptiness where a dragon should be.”

Selah of Domar always felt a special connection to dragons. Since a young age, the great beasts provided her the security and solace that her family could not. Selah wrestles for something more, but she doesn’t know which direction to take. When a recruiting dragonrider offers her a place oftraining at Dragonhold, the fortress of the dragonriders, sheeagerly accepts.

As the lone female apprentice at Dragonhold, Selah faces resistance from her peers. It is during the Choosing, a ceremony where newborn dragons select their caretakers, that Selah learns her true heritage. A terrible accident interrupts the ritual, leaving Selah at the mercy of the dragon god, Stormhunter. The secret he reveals forces Selah to come toterms with what she truly is, but the truth will change her forever—and attract the attention of those who wish the end of the dragonriders.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

In the epic adventure Dragon’s Song, a young girl learns the truth of her heritage while making the difficult transformation from a naïve dragonrider apprentice into a proud warrior.

About the Author

Dragon’s Song is Sara Stern’s debut novel. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, she attends high school in Washington State.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (April 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595345921
• ISBN-13: 978-0595345922
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,153,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, October 16, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Dragon's Song (Paperback)

Dragon Song is a REALLY good book. I personaly love dragons, so this book is perfect. I have read it 5 times. It is bassicly about a girl named Selah that has all these different things happening to her. She's sort of strange, in a way, but I can always find ways to relate to her. In fact, I think that anyone can find a way to relate to ether Selah, or Landon, Bern, Aswin, Master Garret, anyone in the book. It is a great book for boys and girls. And Adults too.

3.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable book from a teen author, October 6, 2008

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Angela Beegle "Angela B." (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon's Song (Paperback)

I bought this book used because my oldest child enjoys anything to do with dragons, and I'm always looking for a title she might devour.

It turns out, this young author is a teenager, as Christopher Paolini is who wrote the much-acclaimed _Eregon_, _Eldest_, and _Brisingr_. She went to a public school, he was homeschooled. And there....the similarity ends.

I liked her book; I despised his (and could not be bothered to look at the sequels). There was more than a hint of McCaffrey in _Dragon's Song_, of course, but what dragon book these days hasn't been at least a shadow of the wonderful dragons of Pern? You have the fairly stereotypical hatchlings that form psychic bonds at birth, and the boot-camp environment for the hopeful rider wannabe's. But it is not quite so formulaic, once you get past the expected bullying of the outsider-girl. You have dragon-slayers! (No, none of THOSE on Pern), you get a remarkable training experience for the young riders, you get one chance at being chosen or you're outta here, and you have one of the coolest pantheons I've seen lately, and I'm fond of the kind of pantheon you find in Jennifer Fallon's /Hythrun Chronicles/ (Treason Keep, Medallon, Harshini). So this was pretty good!

On the down and suspension-of-disbelief damaging side, you have baby dragons who take bottles of (assumed) cow's milk! Cough. I'm sorry, somebody really needed to point out things like 'the dragons she has created are not mammals, because if they were the mother dragon would feed them dragon milk' to her. And after 2 years, the baby dragon is still small enough to ride on the teenaged girl's shoulder. So....exactly when *does* the young dragon grow to be a massive, rideable adult, if not in its rapid-growth first couple of years?

Still. For a first book, for such a young author...! I was impressed, and I do recommend it, scientific flaws notwithstanding. Read it, enjoy it, and applaud the young woman who wrote it, who will (I hope!) go on to bigger and better things.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Original and Engaging, December 10, 2006

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C. Gebben (Mercer Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragon's Song (Paperback)

My name is George, and I am using my mother's account to write this review. This, I believe, is the first online review I have ever written, and I believe this book is certainly worthy of my debut as a critic. The artistry on the cover of Dragon's Song appeals to a younger, female audience. However, I found this undeservingly unknown book to be sufficiently appealing to my 17 years of male age to keep me up into the late hours of the night. Looking at the release date of the novel, it is obvious its popularity has been overshadowed by the more popular book Eragon, a more typical fantasy. Dragon's Song, however, lacking elves and dwarves, has a more realistic feel, and though initially appearing to be very similar to Christopher Paolini's trilogy, these feelings wash away as the book progresses, revealing a storyline that is loosely similar to Harry Potter. Lacking the writing prowess found in many college-educated writers, this book is not for a reader who demands rich, sophisticated detail in all writing, but will unquestionably entertain all others. I give this mysteriously unknown book a strong five stars because of its engaging storyline, originality, awesome main character that either gender can easily identify with, and because I finished this book craving a sequel. I Strongly Recommend this book.