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Description edit
Training a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for fifteen-year-old Jakkin.
Characters/People edit
- Jakkin: He is a teenager at the age of 15 living in Sarkkan's Nursery on Austar IV. He is a bond boy in Sarkkan's Nursery, his dream is to steal an egg and to secretly train it as a fighter.(Main Character)
- Likkarn: A old man in Sarkkan's Nursery, a bond boy and a weeder. He is hated by Jakkin; he has also killed one dragon.
- Akki: A girl at the age of 15, lives in Sarkkan's Nursery. Bought from the baggeries by Sarkkan.
- Heart's Blood (Jakkin's Red): A dragon hatch-ling stole by Jakkin. Heart's Blood out of Heart 'O' Mine by Blood Brother.
- Sarkkan: Jakkin is bonded to him, he also owns the nursery where much of the story takes place
- Kkarina: The cook at Sarkkan's nursery
First Sentence edit
The twin moons cast shadows like blood scores across the sand.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in The Pit Dragon Chronicles. (standard series)
Followed by Heart's Blood.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jane Yolen (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0440020875
Page Count: 243
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0440020875
Page Count: 243
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.Y78Dr 2004
- Dewey: Add the Dewey Classification.
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