num_pages: 497
description: Never has there been as close a bond as the one that exists between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth is a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thinks he is a runt who will never amount to anything.But Jaxom knows better, knows he can teach his dragon to fly and destroy the deadly silver Thread that falls from the sky. Disobeying all rules, Jaxon and Ruth train in secret. Their illicit flights seem but a minor disobedience - until they find themselves in the path of danger and in a position to prevent the biggest danger of all...
language: English
title: The White Dragon
titlecomplete: The White Dragon (Dragonriders of Pern #3)
characters: Ruth (The White Dragon), Jaxom
genres: High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Fiction, Dragons, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 46670
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: Del Rey/Ballantine Books