01273cam a2200289 4500 332734680 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 040324s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004045419 9780439456951 0439456959 TxAuBib eng ger Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Drachenreiter English. Dragon rider / Cornelia Funke ; translated by Anthea Bell. 1st American ed. New York : Scholastic, 2004. 523 p. : ill., col. map ; 21 cm. Originally published in German under the title Drachenreiter, by Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Hamburg, Germany in 1997. After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy. 20170101. Fantasy. Dragons Fiction. Animal, Mythical Fiction.