My girlfriend bought me this today during her lunch hour, from Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Deaals Department Thrift Store for $0.49. TBR

From the front cover:

Dragonsong
Anne McCaffrey
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

From the back cover:

Menolly - Mistress of Music, Ward of Fire Lizards

Every two hundred years or so, shimmering threads fall, raining black ruin on Pern. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleaguered skies, flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread and save the planet. It was not Threadfall that made Menolly unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a Harper, who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away. She came upon a group of fire lizards, wild relatives of the fire-breathing dragons. Her music swirled about them; she taught nine to sing, suddenly Menolly was no longer alone.

Dragonsong, an enchanting classic of fantasy and imagination by the author of Dragonsinger and Dragondrums.

nwpassage recently found me a nice hardcover copy of the entire Harper Hall trilogy (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums) in one volume, so it's time to let this little paperback get on with its travels - Available.