Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book One
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Rating | : | 4.54 (505 Votes) |
Asin | : | B004KABG2C |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-02-08 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon and finds the family and excitement she's been looking for.. And bored. Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart
Fabulous! A Great Read! I was looking at the interview with J.K. Rowling when I saw the sign 'What to Read After Harry Potter.' I immediately clicked on, eager to see what was recommended. And I saw this fantastic book. I began my journey into the kingdom of Linderwall last year. I gleefully followed Cimorene on her adventures as the Kazul's (a dragon's!) princess, and couldn't WAIT for more. But no matter how many book stores I looked in I couldn't find the rest of the series. So imagine my delight when I looked here. Dealing With Dragons i. raven_writer said This is one of those books the I keep coming back to.. I never had the chance to read the Enchanted Forest Chronicles as a child or young adult. I didn't like books and thought they were boring. I think it was that I'd not found "my series." You know the one. The series that snares you and you can't get free, and you enjoy every struggle and strangle and twist and turn. Harry Potter was that book for many people in the last few years.I gave Dealing With Dragons a shot after a friend recommended it, and I was hooked. The humor and wit, the clever twists to classic fairy ta. A good gift book for pre-teens to teenage Fred Camfield On the advice of a younger correspondent, I bought two copies of this novel to use as gifts for pre-teen girls. It is a delightful book for readers in any age group, and is suitable for reading to younger children.A princess could not have a real career, it just wasn't done, so when a princess finds herself faced with an arranged marriage and confinement to a stuffy life at court with a booring husband, she escapes to live with dragons. Events get somewhat humorous when various princes seem convinced that they have to
While the characters are sometimes simplistically drawn, adults and children will have fun tracing the sources of the various fairy tales Wrede plunders for her story. The difference here is that Cimorene goes willingly. She would rather keep house for the dragon Kazul than be bored in her parents' castle. Dealing with Dragons is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and most young readers will want to devour the entire series. Cimorene, princess of Linderwall, is a classic to