Name: The Ice Dragon
ISBN: 9780008118860

George R. R. Martin

An enchanting tale of courage and sacrifice for young readers and adults by the wildly popular George R.R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the series that inspired HBO's Emmy Award-winning GAME OF THRONES. Lavish illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating and heartwarming story of a young girl and her dragon.

The Ice Dragon

Yvonne Gilbert

Leaving in its wake desolate cold and frozen land, the legendary ice dragon has never been tamed until it meets Adara, a winter child who looks to the creature to help save her world from destruction.

Haley

such a quaint bittersweet short story | 
“take me away, take me to the lands of always-winter”

C. J. Daley 

Courtney

A treasure

This was an absolute gem of a read! I highly recommend it to every fan of fantasy and dragons! It reads just like a fairytale!

Short but cute fantasy book with illustrations made for a cosy read. 

Izaac Richards

Ley Stanton

The ending was not at all fitting to the rest of the book. I liked the little winter girl she was.

Ana V. 

This is a great story with a great mood. My fav of this author's work.

Nickie Mohler

I listened to this one and really liked it. 

This is a short story about a girl named Adara and an ice dragon.

This was a weird book. It had a muddled message, with no real defined moral at the end. It was really violent for a kid's book. The font face suggested a younger audience but the content is geared towards an older audience.

Stick to novels for adults from Martin. He doesn't write well for children.

The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember. Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara's home. And only a winter child--and the ice dragon who loved her--could save her world from utter destruction. The Ice Dragon marks the highly anticipated children's book debut of George R.R. Martin, the award-winning author of the New York Times best-selling series A Song of Ice and Fire and is set in the same world. Illustrated with lush, exquisitely detailed pencil drawings by acclaimed artist Yvonne Gilbert, The Ice Dragon is an unforgettable tale of courage, love, and sacrifice by one of the most honored fantasists of all time.

Daniela V.

Lovisa

Heather

Carla Aquino

Short and cute read, but I'll have to admit I wasn't happy about the ending at all.

This is an enchanting tale of courage and sacrifice for young readers and adults by the wildly popular George R.R. Martin, author of 'A Song of Ice and Fire', the series that inspired HBO's Emmy Award-winning 'Game of Thrones'. Illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating and heartwarming story of a young girl and her dragon.

Momo

This is an amazing short story by George R. R. Martin. I have never read any of his short stories before but I now I cannot wait to read more. I loved Adara's story and how they cover around 3 years of her life, how she came to be and her connection to winter and the ice dragon.
I think this is a children's book but there are some dark undertones in my opinion such as, her fathers relationship with her, cold in connection with loneliness.

On the other hand there is an unexplained war happening which my mind kept drifting off to whenever it was mentioned. I wanted to know which houses were at war and just a little more context of what was happening at the time. Nevertheless, this book was written well before the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series so possibly that is why?

The Ice Dragon

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