Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
Reviewed by Taylor
When Eragon comes across a polished blue stone in the forests of the Spine, he has no idea what he has found, or what he has started...
Eragon, a 15-year-old boy, lives in the small town of Carvahall, which is at the base of Igualda falls. The people of Carvahall are mostly farmers, so Eragon considers the polished blue stone he finds in the forests of the Spine, a vast mountain range, something he can sell at a high price to traders. When the stone hatches into a small dragon, he realizes that he must keep her a secret, and that they can communicate through thought. He also has a silver oval on his palm, the Gedwëy Ignasia, the mark of a dragon rider. Eragon then goes to the local Storyteller Brom to learn more about dragons. He then asks Brom what he would have named a dragon, attempting to think of a name for his own. Telling the names to his dragon, she rejects them all, Eragon has only recited names for male dragons. You’re a girl aren’t you? He asks her. He then tells her the only female dragon name Brom had told him, Saphira.
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Heir Apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
Reviewed by Taylor
Imagine that a girl gets $50 for her birthday. Bored and wanting some adventure, she goes to a game store and plays a game. She feels real hunger and real pain. The game is all-real, yet at the same time it’s “only a game.” Until she gets back into this world, the only way to get out is to play, play and then win. The author, Vivian Vande Velde, does a great job placing you in the story and allowing you to predict the next turn of events.
Available at the Del Mar library in the Fiction section
Eragon and Saphira must flee Carvahall after the murder of one of his family members by the Ra’zac, King Galbatorix’s non-human minions. He, along with Brom the storyteller, must travel across Alagaësia, to track down the Ra’zac and avenge for his relative’s death. In a town already passed through bu ferocious Urgals, one word, changes Eragon’s furure forever…
Along the way, he meets Murtagh, a man also on the run from King Galbatorix. Eragon and Murtagh become friends and traveling companions. Eragon’s new magical powers are troubling him, he keeps dreaming about a woman in a cell…
When he is captured, Eragon discovers that the woman he is dreaming about is real, and an elf. He wants desperately wants to rescue her, but the Shade Durza stands in his way. Can Eragon rescue the elf? Will he and Saphira ever avenge the death of a loved one? Read the fabulous page-turner Eragon, and find out! For even more fun with Eragon and his adventures in Alagaësia, read the sequel, Eldest, and the third and final book (that’s not out yet!), Brisingr!
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