The next morning, Menolly goes down to the kitchens to get food for her hungry fire lizards. Ĭontinuing on from the end of Dragonsong, Dragonsinger opens with T'gellan conveying Robinton and Menolly to the Harper Hall, where they are met by a crowd of harpers, and Robinton introduces Menolly as « Petiron's lost apprentice» - and adds that she has secured two fire lizard eggs for him and his apprentice Sebell - before Silvina, the headwoman, escorts Menolly inside to a room, where she sleeps.

Edwards Award for her «lifetime contribution in writing for teens».ĭragonsinger placed ninth for the annual Locus Award for Best Novel. The American Library Association in 1999 cited the two early Pern trilogies ( Dragonriders and Harper Hall), along with The Ship Who Sang, when McCaffrey received the annual Margaret A. Dragonsinger was first published by Atheneum in February 1977. No, her parents would never understand that playing musical instruments could be as hard work as sailing or fishing.ĭragonsinger is the second book of the Harper Hall Trilogy in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. They ached and trembled from the constricted movements and tension of an hour of intensive playing. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists.

Perhaps that was why her parents couldn’t appreciate her music-it wouldn’t appear to be hard work to them. It’s really is a story that just kind of follows Menolly’s every day life, which is filled with excitement.Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. There is a lot of talk of instruments and music chords, that after awhile I got bored of the topic but it’s a Crucial part of Menolly’s story, so you have to follow it. But boy did I love when Menolly finally stood up to Pona and even slugged Benis a good hit! That was my favorite scene when I read this years ago and frankly it still is.The story focuses on Menolly adapting to her new home while trying to understand her place amongst the Hall but also maintain her control over her 9 fire lizards. Although I won’t lie, Dragonsinger wasn’t my favorite of the trilogy, I always felt it was a slow moving tale, and after the re-read it does still have that slow, almost boring pace.The story is beautiful though, after everything we witness in book one, with how Menolly is treated at her hold and at the hands of her own parents, it’s satisfying seeing her treated with respect and true care, though that’s not to say everyone at Harper Hall is particularly happy she is there. I haven’t read this since I was a kid and I still adore it.

Dragonsinger by anne mccaffrey