Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Full of humor, wisdom, great sensitivity and poignancy, this very special fantasy novel leaves one with a feeling of hope. Determined to fulfill the prophecy, he starts searching for a dragon, but what he finds isnt at all what he expected. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The last dragon, a 1985 blaxploitationkungfu movie. Lultimo elfo the last elf, also published as the last dragon was her third childrens book and the first to be translated into english. The story takes place in a probably postapocalyptic world where the rain never stops and nearly everyone is barely eking out a living. Limportante non sono le cose, ma il senso che noi diamo alle cose. I thought the book was a little slow at first, but it picked up and i ended up enjoying it. The book won the prestigious italian prizes premio bancarellino and premio andersen. Shes known worldwide as the author of the last dragon, an awardwinning fantasy novel published in 2004 in english and 18 other languages. It features a young hero on a quest to find the last dragon to help prevent a prophecy to end the world. I was in the middle of reading this book when i lost a friend of mine to her own mental illness.
Assisted by a pair of sympathetic humans and a very difficult dragon, yorsh discovers that fulfilling a prophecy can sometimes be simpler than it seems. The elf village that he lived in was destroyed in a flood caused by the continual rain, and now yorsh, who is a very young child, has no one to help him. The last dragon by silvana demari is a good pick for the 46 grades. Not sure why it has 2 different names for the same book so was disappointed. Full of great tenderness and humor, this magical journey tells the story of a world plagued by intolerance and wickedness, and the elf and the dragon who will fight for its redemption and bring it back into the light.
Upon receiving the book we realized it was the same book as the last dragon. A friend of mine loves the first book but she cannot read italian and cant finish the series. Aug 12, 2018 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. When the last dragon and the last elf break the circle, the past and the future will meet, and the sun of a new summer will shine in the sky. Set in a postapocalyptic world, it follows the journey of the last elf as he seeks out the last dragon so that the world can be renewed. I was kind of upset, i thought it was another book in the series. Shaun whiteside struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic world after his village is destroyed, yorsh, the earths last elf, must embark on a perilous quest to decipher a powerful prophecy and find the last. A delightful fantasy tale involving an elf, a dragon and a prophecy. I know they havent been published but if anyone has access to a pdf or a file or website. Fantasy, juvenile fiction, dragons, fiction, fantasy fiction, elves. First, however, the young elf will have to find another orphaned creaturethe worlds last dragon. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about descriptions.
A woman comes to his aide and shares her food with him, even though there are strict laws against harboring elves. His real name is really long and hard to pronounce. When the last dragon and the last elf break the circle, the past a. Yorsh is just really little when this book starts out. In a world shrouded in darkness and continually lashed by rain, a young elf named yorsh struggles to survive.
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