Dragonhaven, Robin McKinley
Dragonhaven, Robin McKinley
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Dragonhaven

Author: Robin McKinley

Narrator: Noah Galvin

Unabridged: 13 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/28/2013

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

Dragons are extinct in the wild, but the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies in Smokehill National Park is home to about two hundred of the world' s remaining creatures. Until Jake discovers a dying dragon that has given birth-- and one of the babies is still alive.

About Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown, a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine. Her other books include the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; Deerskin, another novel-length fairy-tale retelling, of Charles Perrault's Donkeyskin; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsay on November 13, 2007

Wow. You never know what you are going to get with Robin McKinley. Sometimes her writing is absolutely brilliant, pulling you into a fantasy world that you wouldn't mind exchanging for your own. Her main characters, usually female, are fully realized characters who you quickly admire and care about.......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 19, 2024

Robin McKinley does dragons again, and this time completely differently. This is the story of our world, sort of. Our world if there were dragons kept at a national park reserve. Young Jake is telling the story of how he encountered a dragon face to face (they are normally so elusive as to seem none......more

Goodreads review by Kat on May 13, 2011

Anyone looking for a slam-bang action adventure novel will certainly be disappointed in Dragonhaven. Anyone looking for "typical" McKinley will also be disappointed, as the reviews show; unlike a lot of her books, Dragonhaven isn't a fairytale or based on one, the romance (such as it is) happens alm......more

Goodreads review by Katie on February 06, 2012

OMG! This was amazing... I really enjoy reading Robin McKinley but she tends to leave you hanging at the end, as if she's going to make a sequel but then nothing ever comes of it. However this one comes full circle and ends on a beautiful note. It takes a bit to get used to since the main character......more

Goodreads review by Rosalee on September 23, 2015

This book isn't for everyone. It is told in first person by Jake, and it is almost more a book of Jake being Jake rather than being a book that actually has a plot. (Thats an exaggeration, it does have a plot, but I think you'll understand what I mean.) I remember someone (can't remember who, sorry!......more