Dragon rider
By: Cornelia Funke ; translated by Anthea Bell
Publisher: Scholastic; The Chicken House / Scholastic
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780439543422
Subjects: Fantasy.; Dragons -- Fiction.; Animals, Mythical -- Fiction.; Fantasy -- Juvenile fiction.; Dragons -- Juvenile fiction.; Animals, Mythical -- Juvenile fiction.; Dragons -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.; Animaux fabuleux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.; Littérature de jeunesse anglaise.
Genres: Fiction.; Juvenile fiction.; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Work titles: Drachenreiter
Description: After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Notes: Originally published in German under the title Drachenreiter, by Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Hamburg, Germany in 1997.