GERMAN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF 'THE THIEF LORD' AND 'INKHEART', CORNELIA
FUNKE'S 'DRAGON RIDER' WHICH WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN GERMANY AS
'DRACHENREITER', IS AN AMAZING AND WONDEROUS TALE. THE STORY BEGINS IN
AN SECRET AND HIDDEN 'DRAGON VALLEY', WHERE EVERY DRAGON'S LIFE IS
SMOOTH AND EASY. BUT WHEN A RAT COMES AND TELLS THEM THAT HUMANS ARE
COMING TO THEIR VALLEY, A YOUNG DRAGON NAMED FIREDRAKE WITH HIS BROWNIE
FRIEND NAMED SORREL, IS SENT TO SEARCH FOR A PLACE CALLED THE 'RIM OF
HEAVEN'. ON THEIR WAY THEY BEFRIEND A BOY NAMED BEN, WHO WILLS TO GO
WITH THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY. THEIR JOURNEY CONTINUES SMOOTHLY.ALL THE
TROUBLE STARTS WHEN SORREL ARGUES FIREDRAKE TO LAND ON AN UNKNOWN
MOUNTAIN. AN EVIL CREATURE NAMED NETTLEBRAND,WHO HUNTS SILVER DRAGONS
KNOWS ABOUT THEIR ARRIVAL AND GETS ON THEIR TRAIL TO FIND THE RIM OF
HEAVEN WHERE HE COULD HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HUNTING LOTS OF SILVER
DRAGONS. ON THEIR WAY THEY MEET PROFESSOR BARNABAS GREENBLOOM, A
MANIKIN NAMED TWIGLEG, PROFESSOR ZUBEIDA GHALIB, DALAI LAMA AND A RAT
NAMED LOLA GRAYTAIL, EACH OF WHOM PLAYS THEIR PART IN HELPING OUT
FIREDRAKE.BEN FINDS OUT WHO HE WAS IN HIS PREVIOUS LIFE AND WHAT HE IS
DESTINED TO IN THIS LIFE. WHEN THEY COME QUITE CLOSE TO THEIR GOAL THEY
MEET A STRANGE DUBIDAI(A BROWNIE WITH FOUR ARMS) NAMED BURR-BURR CHAN,
WHO VOLINTEERS TO HELP THEM OUT. BUT NETTLEBRAND,THE GOLDEN ONE, GETS
ON THEIR WAY, AND FIREDRAKE AND HIS FRIENDS MUST USE THEIR WITS TO
DEFEAT THIS INDESTRUCTIBLE CREATURE. DRAGON RIDER IS A HEART-MELTING
TALE ABOUT FAITH, HONESTY, THE TRUE MEANING OF HOME AND TEAM-SPIRIT. IT
IS A FUN WAY OF GETTING TO KNOW THE WORLD. BREAKING ALL THE BOUDARIES
OF IMAGINATION, FUNKE GIVES A DELICIOUS TREAT TO ALL AVID READERS AND
CHILDREN WHO LOVE TO LET THEIR IMAGINATION RUN WILD.
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