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Title | L'eredità di Thuban (L'héritage de Thuban)
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Author | Licia Troisi
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Publisher | Pocket Jeunesse - 2013
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First Printing | 2008
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Title | L'albero di Idhunn (L'arbre d'Idhunn)
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Author | Licia Troisi
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Publisher | Pocket Jeunesse - 2013
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First Printing | 2009
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Title | La Clessidra di Aldibah (Le sablier d'Aldibah)
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Author | Licia Troisi
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Publisher | Pocket Jeunesse - 2014
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First Printing | Mondadori - 2010
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Title | I gemelli di Kuma
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Author | Licia Troisi
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Title | L'ultima battaglia
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Author | Licia Troisi
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Category | Young Adult
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Sophie, Professor Georg Schlafen, Lidja, Thomas, Nidhoggr, Mattia, Fabio
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Main Elements | Dragons
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 L'eredità di Thuban (L'héritage de Thuban)
Sofia, 13 ans, vit dans un orphelinat. Mais à son âge, il y a peu de chances qu'elle soit adoptée. Pourtant, le jour où un professeur d’ethnologie décide d'en faire sa fille, sa vie bascule. Il lui apprend qu’elle est une « Dormante », habitée par l’esprit d’un puissant dragon. Il a la mission de la préparer à combattre le malveillant Nidhoggr, une créature à l’origine de l’extermination des dragons et de l’assèchement de l’Arbre du Monde.
L'albero di Idhunn (L'arbre d'Idhunn)
Sofia a enfin trouvé une vraie famille auprès de Lidja et du professeur. Mais son répit est de courte durée : ensemble, ils doivent partir à la recherche des fruits de l'Arbre-Monde et empêcher Nidhoggr, leur pire ennemi, de les trouver avant eux. Si l'horrible vouivre s'en empare, ce sera la fin de l'existence des dragons...
La Clessidra di Aldibah (Le sablier d'Aldibah)
Pas de répit pour Sofia, héritière du dernier des dragons en guerre contre Nidhoggr, déterminé à détruire l'équilibre du monde. La bataille pour la conquête des fruits Eltaninn touche à sa fin, mais l'ennemi n'a pas renoncé, et n'hésite pas à frapper fort : Nida assassine un des Dragoniens. Sofia et ses compagnons de voyage doivent partir pour Münich dans une course contre la montre pour empêcher le triomphe ultime de Nidhoggr. Sur leur chemin, ils vont rencontrer de nouveaux alliés, renouer avec d'anciens amis, et être confrontés à un ancien artefact dont l'utilisation a par le passé entraîné des conséquences tragiques. Ce dernier est à la fois une menace pour la survie du monde ... et le seul moyen de le sauver.
It had been a while since I read anything in French, and since this didn't have an English translation it seemed the prefect choice. Originally written in Italien, it was a nice change that the story takes place in Rome, rather than the more familiar U.K. or U.S. locations where most English language fantasy books seem to take place in. But at the same time, it still felt very familiar.
We have a young girl living in an orphanage (since no matter the language, all special children destined for great battles don't appear to have parents...maybe because their parents wouldn't let their kids go off to fight dragons on their own??) who is finally adopted just at she thinks she is too old to ever be chosen. The Professor seems a little eccentric but nice enough, however she eventually learns that she has the soul of a dragon within her, and she must find the fruits of the World Tree before the evil wyvern Nidhoggr can free himself from the prison the dragon Thuban bound him in.
There's definitely a Norse flavour to the mythology and I look forward to reading the rest of the series. Much as I usually get annoyed by young female characters that spend most of their time complaining they are not good enough, not brave enough, not pretty enough, not talented enough...yeah, it went on and on, maybe because it was in French it didn't get on my nerves quite as much. And a big part of the book is the other characters, including Thuban, trying to knock some sense into her, that she isn't a total failure, she has her own skills and just needs time to grow into her powers.
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