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    <body><![CDATA[Gross. I would strongly discourage my daughters from reading this because it encourages a certain kind of female I can't stand: the girl who doesn't get along with other girls (to whom I always want to say &quot;The other girls don't hate you because you're 'special', they hate you because you're in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78469187">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm re-reading this book(probably the 4th time?) and it's actually one of my favorite series. Dragonsong (the first book in the series) was the the main reason why I got into the wonderful world of Pern.<br/><br/>On a side note, I noticed in the part where Menolly is directing the great hall to a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70223912">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book does a great job of taking the shy Menolly character from the first book and promptly putting her through Pern's version of boarding school.  Unlike the first book, which focuses on Menolly's isolation, Dragonsinger forces her to interact with a cast of characters she's clearly going to ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76773445">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved it...<br/><br/>There nothing to fear about harpers<br/><br/>I like this poem:<br/><br/>&quot;The little queen all golden<br/>Flew hissing at the sea.<br/>To stop each wave<br/>Her clutch to save<br/>She ventured bravevely.<br/><br/>&quot;As she attacked the sea in rage<br/>A hol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51574176">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The little queen all golden, Flew hissing at the sea. To stop each wave, Her clutch to save, She ventured bravely. Menolly, daughter of Yanus Sea Holder, had always been told that girls could not become harpers. So, in Dragonsong. Menolly runs away and wins the gratitude of a queen fire lizard whose eggs she rescues from the tide. Now, Menolly has returned home and entered the Harper Hall. But her entry into the Hall proves the beginning of another set of troubles. The Masterharper gives her a difficult time simply because she is a girl, and it seems she manages to alienate more of her fellow harpers than she makes friends. But just when she is beginning to despair, she finds help in the shape of nine bright allies. Also available on Recorded Books: Dragonsong---Volume One (92125) and Dragongdrums---Volume Three (92311)&quot; (from backcase)]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dragonsinger was simply a continuation of the first volume in expanding on the daily life of the main character as she transitioned into her new role of Harper.  It does pick up where the first volume left off.  Unlike the first book, there was little to no action sequences or hard core science fict...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44233017">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most tantalizing elements to McCaffrey’s works of fantasy is that she’s created a world in Pern with its own life. All of the rules and regulations, the traditions and histories, and the social structures as a whole are unique to this world, let alone that it involves dragons and fire...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43242250">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a girl name Menolly. She was in the previous book and is in this one too. She has just become a apprentice from the Harper Hall where all the musicians attend. Menolly starts to play musics just like all the other musicians in Harper hall. As Menolly begins to live her life as it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24179786">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I give this book 5 stars mostly out of nostalgia. I read this book many, many times - the fact that the cover is more tape than paper attests to that.  <br/><br/>This is essentially a school story about a new student who triumphs - the dragons just make it more fun. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When Menolly, daughter of Yanus Sea Holder, arrived at the Harper Craft Hall, she came in style, aboard a huge bronze dragon, followed by her nine fire lizards. The Masterharper of Pern, aware of her unique skills, had chosen her as his only girl apprentice. But the holdless girl had first to overcome many heartaches in this strange new life. Two things sustained her -- her devoted lizards, a subject on which she was fitted to instruct her Masters -- and the music...music of compelling beauty, music-making where at last she was accepted. In the Great Hall, Menolly could fulfil her destiny.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books that was on my bookshelf as a little girl.  I'm not sure how many times I've read it, but it looks used!  I'm not a fan of all of McCaffrey's books (and not even of the complete Harper Hall Trilogy), but I loved, loved this book growing up.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A beloved book of my adolescence.  I read it at a very difficult time in my life during which I was moving to a new place with frightening new circumstances, which is exactly what happened to the main character of this book.  A very timely read for a seventh grader!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a reread of course. Honestly the Harper Hall books strike me as McCaffrey's best out of the Pern series for a variety of reasons. Being written for younger audiences but not particularly dumbed down, familiar storylines and characters, and so on. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was more interesting than the first book in the trilogy. It has an anti-climatic ending which makes you lose interest in reading the last book. The characters were more developed in this book and I now want a fire-lizard for myself.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When Menolly, daughter of Yanus Sea Holder, arrived at the Harper Craft Hall, she came in style, aboard a huge bronze dragon, followed by her nine fire lizards. The Masterharper of Pern, aware of her unique skills, had chosen her as his only girl apprentice. But the holdless girl had first to overcome many heartaches in this strange new life. Two things sustained her -- her devoted lizards, a subject on which she was fitted to instruct her Masters -- and the music...music of compelling beauty, music-making where at last she was accepted. In the Great Hall, Menolly could fulfil her destiny.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun story - but this author (or maybe this genre) is not my thing. The strange words and terminology were too much for my brain to grasp. I don't mind a fun story about a make-believe world, but I do mind having to figure out a bunch of make-believe words and phrases. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When Menolly, daughter of Yanus Sea Holder, arrived at the Harper Craft Hall, she came in style, aboard a huge bronze dragon, followed by her nine fire lizards. The Masterharper of Pern, aware of her unique skills, had chosen her as his only girl apprentice. But the holdless girl had first to overcome many heartaches in this strange new life. Two things sustained her -- her devoted lizards, a subject on which she was fitted to instruct her Masters -- and the music...music of compelling beauty, music-making where at last she was accepted. In the Great Hall, Menolly could fulfil her destiny.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like everything else that is related to the Dragonriders of Pern series, this is another excellent story.  This time, we see a little more into what life has become for Menolly and her fair of dragons.  Life is a lot easier and much more entertaining for her.  She is no longer afraid to hide her tal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61116526">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books of all time.  Terrific story and characters, creative world, and a bunch of music geeks- what's not to like?  Also, the bad people get what's coming to them, and I always like that.]]></body>
    
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