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Summary: The New Kid...
Review: Menolly is not like most other girls. For one thing, she is the owner of nine fire lizards, her only companions as she struggles to survive in a cave after running away from the hold where she has lived all her life. Now, the result of several awkward circumstances, she has come to the Harper Hall to persue her dream of becoming a harper. But Menolly soon discovers there are other hardships than the kind she has survived. The girls she is to board with are snotty and generally rude to Menolly. The teachers are at first skeptiacal about teaching this GIRL, and drill her strenuously. And, on top of it all, there is an obstacle that might keep Menolly from fulfilling her dream after all. The ugly scar on her hand, left from the botched healing of a cut, prevents her from stretching her hand as she needs to. Somehow, with the help of her lone friends, her fire lizards, and the young boy she has befriended, Menolly is determined to find a way to fit in at the Harper Hall and fulfill her dream, no matter what it takes!
I have to admit, when my dad gave me this book to read, I was skeptical. As it turned out, reading 'Dragonsinger' before I had read the previous book 'Dragonsong' was a big mistake. I was confused about where Menolly had gotten her fire lizards, how she had hurt her hand, how she got into this situation in the first place and where she came from. I was lucky I had my mom and dad there to answer all these questions! Though slightly confused, I still loved this book! I felt that I could relate to Menolly's plight, and I enjoyed reading about all her adventures as a new student at the Harper Hall. I think that both grownups AND kids can enjoy this book. (I was only nine when I read it.) I would reccomend Dragonsinger to anyone who will listen!
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Summary: The Best!
Review: I've read most of Anne's 'Pern Series' and i enjoyed most of them, but this one is one of the few that rate five stars. Now, don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the other books, but they're not as good. This one is the most interesting one. It finaly reveals the mysteries of the famous Harper Hall!
Read IT!
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Summary: Full of ups and downs
Review: Dragonsinger brings us more in touch with both the HarperHall and Menolly. Also, in this novel, we become more in touch with the fire lizards' abilities, personalities, and we finally get to learn the differences in their eye "whirlings and colorings".
I don't want to give anything away, the book is much too enjoyable, but needless to say events of jealousy, tact, humor, and light-heartedness fill every page.
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Summary: A Girl that All Girls (and Women) Can Relate To
Review: The first time I read Dragonsong, it struck such a deep chord within me. Menolly's trials were very much like my own; as a young girl with hopes and dreams, seemingly alone in a place where people only saw the hard realities of life.Menolly is sensitive, yet resourceful. I totally cheered when she ran away to live alone in a cave, with only her music and a gaggle of fire lizards as company. Hey, at one point in time, that didn't seem like such as bad idea to me. One of the best parts of the book is Menolly surviving on her own--taken right out of some boy scout handbook, Menolly fends for herself, and Ms McCaffrey, whether aware or not, gave young girls like me a heroine to truly look up to. Like the companion 'Dragonriders of Pern', this is a classic series that lives and breathes. Another masterwork from a grand mistress of fantasy.
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Summary: A Great Fantasy Book
Review: DragonSinger by Anne McCaffrey was a wonderful book about an interesting young girl named Menolly. It takes place on the imaginary planet of Pern far ahead in the future. Menolly grew up in Half Circle Seahold with her parents, brothers and sisters. While there she was taught to play many instruments, such as the harp, drums and guitar, by a man named Petitron. Her family shunned this because she was a girl and in their society this was not an acceptable career for women. They feared that if anyone found out they would get into a great deal of trouble. Consequently they banned her from playing music and Menolly decided to run away. She settled herself in a safe cave by the ocean so she could fish for food. Pretty soon it was Threadfall. Which, on Pern, is when a gooey thread-like substance falls from the sky, that burns and kills any living thing that it touches. As Menolly was walking on the beach she spotted a clutch of fire lizard eggs. Fire lizards are like small dragons and can communicate telepathically with their owners. She had to grab them to save them from thread and run for the cave. She was running so fast to outrun the thread that she wore the skin off the soles of her feet. It was there in the cave where the nine eggs hatched. The fire lizards bonded to her immediately as their mother. She stayed in the cave for a little while and began to raise them. T'gellan and the Masterharper of Pern, Robinton, rescued her from the cave and brought her to Harper Craft Hall. Here she began taking classes in voice and music. All of the teachers were men and thought it was odd for a girl to be an apprentice, but were forced to accept it by the Masterharper. Everyone was impressed and curious about her nine fire lizards, and Menolly felt that if she hadn't had them no one would have accepted her. This book is about how Menolly came to Harper Craft Hall, was gradually accepted, and how she learns a little bit more about what her fire lizards could do. DragonSinger was a wonderful story with great imagery. I recommend it to anyone who has a taste for fantasy or science fiction books.
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Summary: Best Fantasy!
Review: A sequel to the great book Dragonsong, Menolly goes to HarperHall and learns to be a harper as an apprentice of the MasterHarper himself. She learns a lot and helps hatch two fire lizard eggs. She makes friends and becomes a journeywoman at the end.
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Summary: curl up in the book closet!
Review: I would say this book is fabulous. It is about a girl named Meloney. She has much talent for singing and playing instruments. But in Pern, the girls are not allowed to be harpers. This is a heart touching tale about how she got her wish .
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Summary: Major Dragon Fan
Review: This book was the BEST! I loved all the description in the book and being a person that loves music, dragons and other reptiles made it an even better read for me. After running away from her Hold, Menolly has travelled to Harper Hall after Masterharper Robinton has discouvered her talents as a musican. Since she "out ranks" all the girls in the cot, everybody there hates her. But then she makes some new friends out of Sebell,Talmor, Silvina, Piemur, and the half-wit Camo. The second in the Harper Hall Trilogy, the story tells of Menolly's life at the Hall, making new friends and an entire new life. This one is my favouite of the series!
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Summary: Pern; the world I wish I lived on!
Review: This is my personal favorite of the Harper Hall Trilogy, but anything by McCaffrey is exellent. I can understand how Menolly feels and how much she loves music. Great story line and I enjoy it no matter how many times I have read it(Which is at least five) I would recomend this to anyone with a taste for fantasy.
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Summary: Seize your future, Menolly!
Review: Second book in the Harper Hall trilogy, one of many in Anne McCaffrey's Dragons of Pern universe, this book takes the story of Menolly of Half-Circle Seahold where Dragonsong left it. Menolly arrives at the Harper Hall in great style, on a bronze dragon and in the company of the MasterHarper himself! Now that a dream she once never dared believe would come true has become reality, she finds herself pondering what is to be her place, what the MasterHarper is planning for her. For the Harper Hall is not a magical place of continuous music, but, rather, quite a down-to-earth place. And soon she finds that there are those who are skeptic of her talent and even those who share her own father's view of the proper place for a woman. And she is also the target of envy, and soon find herself some vicious enemies. Worse still, she herself don't believe in her own talent, and can't seem to help herself but to cause trouble. But her humility and good nature will gather her friends and allies, and soon her talent will be evident to all. As with the last book, this book has no mysteries or adventure. It is the main character who makes this one of my favorite books in the whole series of Pern books. In this book, Menolly finally makes her own place in the world, beginning a career that will make her one of Pern's most famous people.
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