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Prologue: Shade of fear -- Discovery -- Palancar Valley -- Dragon tales -- Fate's gift -- Awakening -- Tea for two -- A name of power -- A miller-to-be -- Strangers in Carvahall -- Flight of destiny -- The doom of innocence -- Deathwatch -- The madness of life -- A rider's blade -- Saddlemaking -- Thereinsford -- Thunder roar and lightning crackle -- Revelation at Yazuac -- Admonishments -- Magic is the simplest thing -- Daret -- Through a dragon's eye -- A song for the road -- A taste of Teirm -- An old friend -- The witch and the werecat -- Of reading and plots -- Thieves in the castle -- A costly mistake -- Vision of perfection -- Master of the blade -- The mire of Dras-Leona -- Trail of oil -- Worshipers of Helgrind -- The Ra'zac's revenge -- Murtagh -- Legacy of a rider -- Diamond tomb -- Capture at Gil'ead -- Du Súndavar Freohr -- Fighting shadows -- A warrior and a healer -- Water from sand -- The Ramr River -- The Hadarac Desert -- A path revealed -- A clash of wills -- Flight through the valley -- The horns of a dilemma -- Hunting for answers -- The glory of Tronjheim -- Ajihad -- Bless the child, Argetlam -- Mandrake root and newt's tongue -- Hall of the mountain king -- Arya's test -- The shadows lengthen -- Battle under Farthern Dûr -- The mourning sage.

In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.6 25.0 Quiz 74404.

Reading Counts RC: 7.8 L710: 32.

Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.6 25 Quiz 74404 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.

Reading Counts 6-8 7.8 32.