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On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm…
Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to.
The dragon, ...more
Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to.
The dragon, ...more
Hardcover, 384 pages
Expected publication:
June 2nd 2020
by Quill Tree Books
(first published May 7th 2020)
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it is my professional opinion that society is collapsing because we stopped writing books and making movies about dragons and I'm glad Patrick Ness is taking the necessary steps to remedy that
Patrick Ness is finally giving us the dragon book that we didn't know we needed
Feb 13, 2020
The Burning Rose (Jess)
marked it as to-read
Patrick Ness + dragons = a wish came true even though I did not ask for it.
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here's where i would make a joke about his name being "Ness" and writing a book about dragons...
but i got nothing
so here's a gif:
but i got nothing
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It's Patrick Ness. It has dragons in it. So of course I have to read it.
Just read that this has dragons in it on his Instagram. And now I’m in desperate need of it because IT’S A PATRICK NESS BOOK WITH DRAGONS
I heard there are dragons . . .
Oct 14, 2019
Ashley
marked it as to-read
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OMFG. *no words*
well, i said i’d read anything this man writes.
wow, JUST when i think i'm done with the towering stack of Historical Fantasy Red Scare-Era Socially Conscious Dragon-Farmhand-Plus-Cultist-Assassin-Turned-Multiverse-Travel novels the publishing industry has on offer, yet ANOTHER one gets churned out. when oh when will patrick ness write something less predictable and mainstream?
It's been so long since I read a Ness book and this sounds so good according to the key selling points on Edelweiss like:
- Dragons, NBD
- 'A lethal teenage assassin. An odd-couple duo of FBI agents on the case. A secret romance. A mysterious cult of dragon worshippers that just might bring about the end of the world. A shocking twist in the plot, as well as in time and space' TIME AND SPACE, GUYS
- 'In a small town in the 1950s, the height of the Cold War, fear and suspicion are undercurrents of ...more
- Dragons, NBD
- 'A lethal teenage assassin. An odd-couple duo of FBI agents on the case. A secret romance. A mysterious cult of dragon worshippers that just might bring about the end of the world. A shocking twist in the plot, as well as in time and space' TIME AND SPACE, GUYS
- 'In a small town in the 1950s, the height of the Cold War, fear and suspicion are undercurrents of ...more
A new Patrick Ness book?! A Patrick Ness book about dragons?! SIGN ME UP!!
A dragon which rescues you from racists (and meanwhile hopefully turns them into kebob)? We need more of these in the world. — 19.02.20
I thought I've had enough of dragons....until I saw this.
That cover yessss please
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I have many problems with this like why the fuck is it set in the 1950s ? ?
I NEED THIS BOOK
Oct 14, 2019
Aimal (Bookshelves & Paperbacks)
marked it as anticipated-releases
i’m a simple girl. i see patrick ness, and i add it to my tbr
DRAGONS.
I could review this properly, but it's really not necessary. It's a perfectly good book. It's well written, it has tons of characters that are pretty well-developed (especially given the amount of space they have, seeing as there's so much crammed in), there's a good narrative, it's fast paced and doesn't get bogged down in unnecessary boring world building, the various "issues" (homophobia, racism) were pointed without being too ham-fisted and it was generally very engaging.
But really, ...more
I could review this properly, but it's really not necessary. It's a perfectly good book. It's well written, it has tons of characters that are pretty well-developed (especially given the amount of space they have, seeing as there's so much crammed in), there's a good narrative, it's fast paced and doesn't get bogged down in unnecessary boring world building, the various "issues" (homophobia, racism) were pointed without being too ham-fisted and it was generally very engaging.
But really, ...more
Okay, Patrick Ness literally dropped a Dragon book out of nowhere.
To say I’m excited for this book is a bit of an understatement.
id read litteraly anthing this man writes
Dragons? Sign me up.
Oct 12, 2019
Marilla
marked it as to-read
cold-war-era rural US with DRAGONS??? and a prophecy??? i need this in my life???
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Patrick Ness, an award-winning novelist, has written for England’s Radio 4 and Sunday Telegraph and is a literary critic for The Guardian. He has written many books, including the Chaos Walking Trilogy, The Crash of Hennington, Topics About Which I Know Nothing, and A Monster Calls.
He has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the ...more
He has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and the ...more
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