Eragon: Book I

Description

Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini–Murtagh!

“Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.” —The Washington Post

When fifteen-year-old Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and, gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save–or destroy–the Empire.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Christopher Paolini
Published: 08/01/2003
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375826689
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 1.63″ H x 9.31″ L x 6.31″ W

Award: 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winner – Children’s Literature
Award: 2006 Golden Archer Award Winner – Middle/Junior High
Award: Iowa High School Book Award Nominee – Young Adult
Award: Tayshas Reading Commended – Young Adult
Award: 2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award Winner – Grades 6-8
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Winner – Young Adult
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Winner – Grades 9-12
Award: 2006 Grand Canyon Reader Award Winner – Teen
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards Winner – Young Adult
Award: 2004 Colorado Blue Spruce Award Nominee – Young Adult
Award: 2005 Colorado Blue Spruce Award Winner – Young Adult
Award: 2005 Colorado Children’s Book Award Winner – Junior Novel
Award: 2007 Buckeye Children’s Book Award Winner – Grades 6-8
Award: 2005 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Winner – Ages 12 & Up
Award: 2006 Young Reader’s Choice Award Winner – Intermediate/Grades 7-9
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award Winner – Grades 6-8
Award: 2006 Virginia Readers Choice Award Winner – Middle School
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards Winner – Young Adult
Award: 2005 Beehive Awards Winner – Young Adult
Award: 2006 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award Winner – Young Adult
Award: 2008 Iowa Teen Award Winner – Young Adult
Award: 2006 Nene Award Winner – Children’s Fiction

About the Author
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI. Author of the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance). Creator of the World of Eragon and the Fractalverse. Holder of the Guinness World Record for youngest author of a bestselling series. Qualified for marksman in the Australian army. Scottish laird. Dodged gunfire . . . more than once. As a child was chased by a moose in Alaska. Has his name inscribed on Mars. Firstborn of Kenneth and Talita. Husband. Father. Asker of questions and teller of stories.