Article: Paolini, Christopher. Eragon.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)

PAOLINI, Christopher. Eragon. (Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1.) Random House, Knopf. 503p. c2003. 0-375-82669-6. $9.95. JS*

To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: Paolini takes a little Tolkien, a little McCaffrey, a coming-of-age quest, and combines them with some wicked good storytelling in this first book of his trilogy Fifteen-year-old Eragon, a poor farmer's foster son, finds a gem-like blue stone that turns out to be a dragon egg. Instead of providing riches for his family, the egg's hatchling and her bond to Eragon give birth to a new generation of the legendary Dragon Riders, the noble magic-users who stood for good and justice ...

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