Books with title The Dragon Island

The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember.Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara's home. And only a winter child--and the ice dragon who loved her--could save her world from utter destruction. The Ice Dragon marks the highly anticipated children's book debut of George R.R. Martin, the award-winning author of the New York Times best-selling series A Song of Ice and Fire and is set in the same world. Illustrated with lush, exquisitely detailed pencil drawings by acclaimed artist Yvonne Gilbert, The Ice Dragon is an unforgettable tale of courage, love, and sacrifice by one of the most honored fantasists of all time.

In the year 2010 a cataclysmic event on Earth renders maps and governments obsolete. All technological gains enjoyed at the beginning of the twenty-first century are lost, and life on Earth reverts back to the Middle Ages. Over the next couple centuries, kingdoms fielding medieval armies sprout where governments once flourished, and barbarians rule both ocean and land with iron fists. Four hundred years after the world is changed forever, hope burns brightly on a small inaccessible island in the middle of the New Ocean. Within the confines of a ring of fourteen thousand foot mountains, a few hundred children live in what appears to be a utopian paradise. Unaware of the evil lurking just over the mountains, they naively enjoy technological gadgets only dreamed of at the end of the twenty-first century. The driving force behind all of the technological advancement on the island is the once-in-a-millennium genius named George. With two friends, George sets out from the island in search of lost comrades. Their simple mission quickly morphs into much more after they befriend the good people of New Wales and become entangled with the evil king Tabour.

The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember. Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara’s home. And only a winter child—and the ice dragon who loved her—could save her world from utter destruction. Get lost in Ice Dragon, the enchanting middle grade novel by novelist George R. R. Martin.