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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Go back in time and visit Pern like it’s never been seen before in this thrilling prequel about the creation of dragons. The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists—until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything—and everyone—on their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed. Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider… And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed—Dragons!
Is Dragonsdawn appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This prequel to the Pern series contains moderate violence as colonists battle deadly spores from space, with deaths depicted though not graphically detailed. Themes of genetic engineering and survival are central to the story.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, mass death, and violence.
Who'll love this
Teens will love seeing how dragons were created through science and watching colonists bond with these incredible creatures to save their world.