Dragonsong

By Anne McCaffrey

Subjects: Singers, fire lizard, Science fiction, Fairy tales, pern, Fantastic fiction, Merveilleux, Fire lizard, Pern (imaginary place), fiction, Runaway children, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Romans, Large type books, harper hall, Fantasy fiction, Pern (Imaginary place), Fiction, fantasy, general, Science-fiction, Music, Dragons, fiction, Fantasy, Pern, Women heroes, Fiction, Children's fiction, Harpists, Adventure, Juvenile fiction, musician, Dragons, Harper's hall (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction in English, Harper Hall

Description: Menolly, a young fisher's daughter, had dreamed all her life of learning the Harper's craft. Her musical talent is not valued in her fishing hold, especially by her parents the holders, as women in general tend to be less valued and have fewer choices than men in Pernese society. When her father denies her what she regards to be her destiny, she flees Half Circle Hold just as Pern is struck by the deadly danger of Threadfall, a deathly rain that falls from the sky. Menolly takes shelter in a cave by the sea and there, she makes a miraculous discovery that will change her life.