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Dragonsong is a novel by Anne McCaffrey that is the first in her Pern series. It focuses on the character Menolly, a young girl who is orphaned when her village is destroyed by a fire dragon. Menolly is taken in by the Harpers, who teach her to sing and play music. She also discovers that she is a gifted dragonrider, and she is eventually paired with a dragon named Ramoth.