num_pages: 304
description: Orphan Jack Morgan, after losing his Uncle Virgil, has bonded with Dracos, K’da poet-warrior who requires hours daily on his host's back to survive, and escaped with fellow mercenary Alison Kayna, to the primitive Rho Scorvi planet. But they find a small lost colony of Draycos’s own race, the Phookas, grown slow, lethargic, and unintelligent. Before a thief, soldier, and slave, Jack must become a herdsman to protect the Phookas from danger, and guide them deep into the unexplored forest.Starscape 2007 edition includes 5 page Reader Guide with paragraph biography, several student activities and questions.
language: English
title: Dragon and Herdsman
titlecomplete: Dragon and Herdsman (Dragonback, #4)
characters: Draycos, Jack Morgan
genres: Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Adventure, Teen, Young Adult Science Fiction, Aliens, Dragons, Space Opera, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1322
series: Dragonback
publisher: Tom Doherty