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Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dragonhaven about?

From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up—A novel set in an alternate contemporary world. Viewing dragons as fire-breathing, non-sentient animals with gigantic appetites for livestock, humans have hunted them for centuries, and now they survive only in a few wilderness havens. Jake Mendoza has grown up at one such haven, the Smokehill National Park in the American West, and has inherited his scientist parents' commitment to the park's secret inhabitants. When he rescues an orphaned baby dragon, he sets in motion a cascade of events that may eventually save these top predators from extinction. Readers will find the book to be less about the joys of the human-dragon bond and more about the challenges of raising an infant and communicating in a vastly different language. As an exhausted Jake explains, he is the first human in history to find out that a marsupial baby dragon out of its mother's pouch still expects a round-the-clock source of food, warmth, and company for over a year. Also, their telepathic communication gives Jake and his fellow Smokehill residents debilitating head-aches, and no one on either side is ever entirely sure they've got the message right. Once readers get thr

Who reads Dragonhaven?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Robin McKinley
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9781428764026
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Children'S, Science Fiction
Rating
3.36 / 5 (4,924 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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