num_pages: 15
description: Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth was a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thought he was a runt that would never amount to anything.But Jaxom knew better, knew he could teach his dragon to fly and to destroy the deadly silver Threads that fell from the sky. Disobeying all rules, Jaxom and Ruth trained in secret. Their illicit flights seemed but a minor disobedience - until they found themselves in the path of danger and in a position to prevent the biggest disaster of all.
language: English
title: The White Dragon
titlecomplete: The White Dragon (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #3)
characters: Ruth (The White Dragon), Jaxom
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dragons, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Adult, Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy
ratings_count: 46666
places: Pern
series: Dragonriders of Pern, Pern , Pern (Chronological Order)
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best International Long Fiction, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Gandalf Award, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: The ESFS Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Brilliance Audio