Everything Jaevid learned at the academy will now be put to the ultimate test. When none of the elder riders are willing to help him, Jaevid begins a dangerous adventure to save his instructor.

Jaevid witnesses the king's private guards kidnapping Sile in the dead of night. While struggling through the rigorous physical demands of training, things begin to go awry. Lieutenant Sile Derrick, a sternly tempered man with a mysterious past, becomes his instructor and immediately takes a peculiar interest in Jaevid's future. When Jaevid Broadfeather is given the rare opportunity to become a dragonrider for the kings army. But Jaevid's case is special no dragon has voluntarily chosen a rider in decades, so the proud riders of Blybrig must begrudgingly let him join their brotherhood despite his bloodline. Fledgling (Dragonrider Chronicles 1) by Nicole Conway. He feels his future is hopeless, until a chance encounter with a wild dragon lands him in Blybrig Academy-a place usually forbidden to anyone but the rich and royal. MacHale, author, The SYLO Chronicles and PendragonĬan one boy stand between two kingdoms at war? Jaevid Broadfeather has grown up as a wartime refugee, hiding from the world because of his mixed racial heritage. It will leave readers on the edge of their seats.”

Throw in a couple of dragons, and this reader is totally sold.“Not just another dragon story this memorable escapade is fast-paced and packed with action. This book deals with the struggle of a middle grade boy who just wants to fit in, while he sets off on a pretty impressive (and almost believable) adventure to save one of the few people who’d ever shown him kindness.

(Yep, dangerous ground there, and the beginnings of what might be a love interest when these characters age-up a bit) Poor kid! The only ones who seem to like him are his roommate, his trainer, and his trainer’s daughter. I hope they delve into it further in future books.Īnyway, this book deals with the prejudice that this boy faces in the world of men for being half elf, and you also see a hint that the elves don’t care for half breeds, either. That’s kind of a pickle, but this conflict isn’t touched on in book one.

As a dragonrider, he must train to be a flying soldier in an army bent on destroying the elves. Our Half-Elf is in an interesting situation. Nope, no whining and sticking out their tongues in this one (thank goodness) While this book is middle grade, it did not suffer from all the juvenile mannerisms that would annoy the adult reader. Fledgeling by Nicole Conway (Ebook) This is a fantasy adventure about a hybrid boy elf/human who kinda-accidentally binds himself to a wild dragon that no one else can tame.

Fledgling by Nicole Conway