![]() ![]() Guided by the dragon Tintaglia, a group of sea serpents have made the long journey up the Rain Wild River to the shores of Cassarick, where they have formed the cocoons where they will await their transformation into dragons. When the day of the hatching finally arrives, the people of the Rain Wilds – among them eleven-year-old Thymara and her father – gather round to witness this historic moment: the moment that will mark the return of dragons to the world for the first time in generations. The dragons that emerge from the cocoons, however, are weak and malformed due to the inappropriate conditions they had lived in as serpents and the difficult circumstances surrounding their cocooning process. These creatures are unlikely ever to fly like their ancestors and can barely even manage to feed themselves. It seems that their only hope of survival is to make their way to Kelsingra, the ancient city of the Elderlings, but if they are to get there safely they will need some human help. Thymara, born with claws and scales – a more extreme example of the mutations that affect many of the Rain Wild people – is chosen to be part of a team of dragon keepers who will escort the dragons to their legendary homeland.Īnd there’s not really much more to the plot than that. There’s a sense that, with this first in the series, Hobb is setting things up for the three that will follow and the story is just beginning to get started when the book comes to an end. I liked it enough to want to continue, but it is certainly my least favourite of Hobb’s books so far. Maybe because so many of the dragon keepers are children (they are seen as more dispensable, not having families who rely on them), it felt almost as though this book was aimed at younger readers than the others. There were several characters who intrigued me, though, and I’ll look forward to seeing how their storylines develop in the next book. ![]() One of these is Alise Kincarron, a young woman from Bingtown who looks destined for spinsterhood before entering into a loveless marriage with a local trader, Hest Finbok. Dragon's Guide to.The dragons hold a special fascination for Alise and the chance to accompany them on the journey to Kelsingra is both a dream come true and a way to escape from her husband. ![]() Dragon series: Dragon of the Lost Sea (#1) Dragon Steel (#2) Dragon Cauldron (#3) Dragon War (#4) (Yep) Dragon Slippers trilogy: Dragon Slippers Dragon Flight Dragon Spear (George) Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Dealing with Dragons Searching for Dragons Calling on Dragons Talking to Dragons (Wrede) Dragon Keepers Chronicles: DragonSpell DragonQuest DragonKnight DragonFire DragonLight (Paul) ![]() Dragon with a Chocolate Heart Girl with a Dragon's Heart (Burgis) The Reluctant Dragon (Grahame) - humorous short story read free at this link A Book of Dragons (Sanders) - OOP collection of all-dragon fairytales Book of Dragons (Nesbit) - humorous short story collection read free at this link Book of Dragons (Hague) - excerpts from books with dragons Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher (Coville) I've read Robyn Hobb's Assassin Apprentice series (which precedes the Dragon Keepers), and it's definitely for adults and older teens (violence, pain, sadistic torture, pessimistic, at times almost fatalistic, worldview). Since Dragon Keepers is part of the same world, I would assume it is also has similar content. Other Resources for Learning Challenges.Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages.Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities.Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World. ![]()
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