Title:   Dragon Rider

Author:  Cornielia Funke

Genre:   Fantasy

Name:    Eva Kruel

Team:    7h

Teacher: Mrs.Passini

Rating:  5 Stars

Review:

The main character is Firedrake, a dragon. The setting is 
in the Himalayas. The conflict is the humans are raiding 
into the last secret place on earth for dragons. They have 
to get to the Himalayas where all the older dragons are 
hiding. One interesting incident is while the Professor 
Greenbloom was researching a cave that Firedrake was in, 
a basilisk-made by chemistry with an iron heart-shows up 
and uses its powers to make Firedrake fall asleep. Luckily, 
the professor kept a mirror with him. He shined the mirror 
in its face and he near melted. A basilisk can't survive its 
own reflection.

It turns out that Nettlebrand ( the basilisk) was following them 
the whole time to the mountains with his magic because they were 
traveling over water. The basilisk can use his magic to do almost 
anything with his magic if he's near water.