Three tasks for a dragon / Eoin Colfer ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
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TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First US editionDescription: 104 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1536229997
- 9781536229998
- 3 tasks for a dragon
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | COLFER EOIN | Available | 33111011090723 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | COLFER EOIN | Available | 33111011192065 | ||||
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Northport Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | COLFER EOIN | Available | 33111011138621 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With wit and gorgeous art, New York Times best-selling author Eoin Colfer and multi-award-winning illustrator P.J. Lynch team up again for a quest story of knights, dark magic, and a maiden with powers of her own.
Studious Prince Lir is next in line to become the Wolfhound King, but he can't ride a horse, lift a sword, or summon the fabled wolfhounds. So his stepmother decrees that her own son will inherit the crown instead, sending Lir away on a seemingly impossible--and assuredly fatal--quest: to rescue the maiden Cethlenn from the once-fearsome dragon Lasvarg. Rather than wage battle, Lir insists that Lasvarg, now decidedly past his prime, honor tradition by setting him three tasks to perform--starting with tackling the mold encrusting the dragon's cave (and his feet!). As Lir improves Lasvarg's life, he also grows closer to Cethlenn . . . as well as the wolfhound puppy strangely devoted to her. In time, they learn more of the dark magic that may be making pawns of them all--and how Cethlenn herself could be the key to breaking a spell that clouds the entire kingdom. With transporting language and a magnificent dragon masterfully rendered with a range of emotions, Eoin Colfer and P.J. Lynch make their own magic in this classic fantasy with a light feminist twist.
"After his father's death, Prince Lir is tricked into embarking on a perilous quest to rescue a maiden from a dragon. The studious young prince is no warrior, but he uses his brains to make himself indispensable to the ill-tempered dragon. However, neither prince not dragon has bargained on the dark magic that manipulates them both -- and it may be left to the maiden herself to save them all. A clever prince, an unsuspectingly powerful woman, and an ornery dragon with heart are at the center of this luminously illustrated classic in the making."-- Inside book jacket flap.