Burn

Name: Burn
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Patrick Ness
ISBN: 9780063018044

Author: Patrick Ness

Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Unabridged: 10 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Published: 06/02/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Monsters, Coming Of Age, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm…Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to. The dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye, though. Sarah can’t help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn’t have a soul but who is seemingly intent on keeping her safe.Because the dragon knows something she doesn’t. He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuit—and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself.

About Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness is the author of ten novels, including his New York Times bestselling The Rest of Us Just Live Here, the Chaos Walking trilogy, More Than This, A Monster Calls, which was made into a major motion picture with a screenplay adaptation by Patrick himself, Release, and And The Ocean Was Our Sky. Born in Virginia, Patrick lives in London. www.patrickness.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Becca

Content Warning in Spoilers - (view spoiler)[Historically relevant Homophobia & Racism (hide spoiler)] Patrick Ness weaves dragons into 1950s rural America in his newest YA release. I really enjoyed the writing and world of this book, I expected the inclusion of dragons in a somewhat recent historical setting to be quite jarring bu......more

Goodreads review by Quill&Queer

I'm also a book blogger: Vee_Bookish (ARC provided by NetGalley, my opinions are unbiased) You never quite know what to expect from Patrick Ness book, leaving me to believe that he is either a robot controlled by several gnomes, or experimenting with different hallucinogenics. Burn is yet again, anoth......more

Goodreads review by Sam

What a unique, different kind of book. But I expect nothing less from Patrick Ness. I was intrigued when this was first announced, because Patrick Ness + dragons. And then throw in a prophecy about the end of the world, an assassin, and two FBI agents as well. Strange, right? But strange in the best......more

Goodreads review by Dannii

Dragons are for sale, but only to those poverty-stricken enough to have no other option than to accept their cheap rates for services and deal with their abhorred race. Sarah and her father own a farm and a rare blue dragon may be their only hope for keeping it. Soon, however, it seems this dragon h......more

Goodreads review by Giulia

"Dragon magic is wild." TW: racism, blood, gore, attempted rape, homophobia, police brutality, bullying, grief Unpopular Opinion Time 🐸☕️ Actual rating: 2.5 ⭐️ It is with a heavy heart that I am telling you that this time, Patrick Ness missed the mark. I am a huge fan of his writing style and his storyte......more