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The Resource Eragon, Christopher Paolini

Eragon, Christopher Paolini

Label
Eragon
Title
Eragon
Statement of responsibility
Christopher Paolini
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire
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Summary
When fifteen-year-old Eragon comes to learn that he is a gifted Dragon Rider, he realizes that his destiny is to fight the evil powers that will bring complete destruction to the Empire and so leaves his quiet life as a farm boy to succeed in his one true mission in life
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Storyline
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Award
  • Beehive Young Adult Book Award (Utah), 2005.
  • Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Older Reader, 2007.
  • Book Sense Book of the Year for Children's Literature, 2004.
  • Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 6-8, 2007.
  • Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award, 2005.
  • Colorado Children's Book Award, Junior Book, 2005.
  • Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 2006.
  • Gateway Readers Award (Missouri), 2006.
  • Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 2006.
  • Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 2006.
  • Iowa Teen Award, 2008.
  • Isinglass Teen Read Award (New Hampshire), 2004-2005.
  • Nene Award (Hawaii), 2006.
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 2006.
  • Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2005.
  • Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 6-8, 2005.
  • Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Young Adult Books, 2006.
  • Soaring Eagle Book Award (Wyoming), 2005.
  • South Carolina Book Award, Young Adult Books, 2006.
  • Surrey Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 2007.
  • Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle School, 2006.
  • YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2012
  • Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Intermediate, 2006.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
120225
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Paolini, Christopher
Dewey number
[Fic]
Illustrations
maps
Index
no index present
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
710
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 7
  • 12
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Series statement
Inheritance
Series volume
bk. 1
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Dragons
  • Magic
  • Fantasy
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Eragon, Christopher Paolini
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
20259734
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
509 pages
Isbn
9780375826689
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn52251450
  • (OCoLC)52251450
Label
Eragon, Christopher Paolini
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
20259734
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
509 pages
Isbn
9780375826689
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn52251450
  • (OCoLC)52251450

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