Dragonsinger

anne mccaffrey

Menolly needs more than music’s power to make it as a Harper in the second book in the Harper Hall trilogy, set within science fiction legend Anne McCaffrey’s beloved and bestselling Dragonriders of Pern series.

In the world of Pern, Harpers are more powerful than kings, for the music they play can control the minds of others. For young Menolly, her dreams of becoming a Harper have nothing to do with power, but rather her love of music. Now she is finally living out her musical dreams as an apprentice Harper, but it’s turning out to be more challenging than she thought. Formerly forbidden to study music because of her gender, Menolly quickly encounters hostility from a number of her male peers and masters.

With the help of new friends, teachers, and her nine tiny, colorful dragons, Menolly finds that her musical talents may be stronger than anyone could imagine.

Genres fantasyscience fictiondragonsfictionyoung adultscience fiction fantasyaudiobookadventurehigh fantasyteen

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 1,1977

Series

Harper Hall of Pern

Literary awards

margaret a. edwards award,

Places

pern,

This edition

Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Published: April 1, 2003 by Aladdin
ISBN: 9780689860072
ASIN: 0689860072
Language: English

Characters More characters

Menolly

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Piemur

An apprentice in Harper Craft Hall....
Masterharper Robinton

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Sebell

A Journeymen at the Harper Craft Hall....

About the author

anne mccaffrey

Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007.