Dealing with Dragons- The Story of an Improper Princess

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	• Dealing With Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles) Patricia C. Wrede Scholastic, 1992 - 212 pages average customer review:based on 299 reviews view larger image
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Good for Younger Readers

I found this book entertaining. I like books that have to do with enchantment, magic spells, and dragons. Cimorene and her friends are unforgettable and funny.

Cimorene is a headstrong girl who can't seem to get being a princess down. So she volenteers to be captured by a dragon, Kazul. Within her time there she deals with annoying knights, troublesome wizards, and a stone prince. My only complaint is that it was more for younger kids then older. It wasn't really hard to read and the climax was short lived. There really wasn't anything to keep those older then 12 interested. Yet I reccomend this book for a bedtime story.

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Dealing with Dragons- The Story of an Improper Princess

Dealing with Dragons Book One- The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

Cimorene is bored to tears with being a princess. She hates the embroidery and the dancing lessons and the etiquette. But she is interested in all the things that are improper for a princess to learn, like fencing and magic and juggling and Latin.
"When she was fourteen, her father discovered that she was making the court magician teach her magic.
`How long has this been going on?' he asked wearily when she arrived in response to his summons.
`Since you stopped my fencing lessons,' Cimorene said. `I suppose you're going to tell me it isn't proper behavior for a princess.'
`Well yes. I mean, it isn't proper.'
`Nothing interesting seems to be proper,' Cimorene said.
She's not really your traditional princess; you know the type: golden hair, sapphire eyes, and a little foolish. That's why she decides to run away before she is forced to marry a dim-witted and extremely handsome prince.
On her runaway, Cimorene meets a cave full of large and very toothy dragons. A female dragon named Kazul takes Cimorene in as her princess, after Cimorene volunteers herself for the job, which is unheard of. Through her adventures of learning how to be a dragon's princess along with the nuisance of knights who try to rescue Princess Cimorene, (even though she does not want to be rescued) Cimorene makes a few new friends. Her friends aren't the type of friends a normal princess should make. Cimorene becomes good friends with another captive princess, a very clean and not so very evil witch, and a prince who has been turned into stone who is more like a statue that can move and talk. As Cimorene's story unravels, she and her friends discover a plot to cheat in the contest of who will become the next King of the Dragons which involves some very deceitful and sticky wizards.
Dealing with Dragons is a phenomenal story of bravery, life long friendships, and trust that will appeal to readers of all ages. I think pre-teen and teenage girls will especially enjoy this fictional novel because it presents a girl who is brave and intelligent and not afraid to put herself in danger for the sake of her friends. The minute I picked up the book, I became entranced in the world of dragons, princesses, and thrilling adventures.
To me, a really great book is one that when you finish the last sentence on the last page and close the book, part of you stays in the book ready for the next time you open it. Dealing with Dragons is not just a great book; it is a wonderful book. Getting caught up in the world of Cimorene and her friends is only part of this book that readers will treasure.
Dealing with Dragons is a totally unique book, unlike any others I have ever read. Patricia C. Wrede does a marvelous job in writing Cimorene's story. Wrede was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. She sold her first book Shadow Magic in 1980. Her latest books she wrote along with Caroline Stevermer in 2004 were Sorcery and Cecilia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot and the sequel, The Grand Tour.

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Dealing

Cimorene is the seventh daughter in the royal family of Linderwall. Everything she has to learn as a princess is terribly boring, and everything she wants to do is considered "improper." When she learns she is soon to be married off to a dim-witted (though admittedly handsome) prince, she takes the advice of a frog and runs off to a small hut in the woods. What she finds in the hut is astounding: Dragons. After getting over her initial shock, Princess Cimorene volunteers herself as a dragons' princess. One of the dragons takes her up on her offer and Cimorene's adventures begin.

This rollicking tale of a spunky princess is one of the best fantasies ever written. It's extremely humorous and Cimerone's exasperation at a "proper" life is hilarious. When a prince comes to try and rescue her, she sends him back home with his tail between his legs. This fearless and endearing princess brings the book to life and her no-nonsense attitude keeps the pages turning. This is undoubtedly one of my favorite fantasy books, and has been for the past couple of years.

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I DON'T NORMALLY MEMORIZE BOOKS!!!

This is my #1 favorite book ever!!!!! I have read it so many times I almost have it memorized! IT's exciting and magical and everybody should get a chance to read it. I LOVE this book a lot, lot lot!

It's about this princess Cimorine who doesn't want to marry to a stupid prince and, with the advise of a frog, runs away. She meets up with dragons, one of which is in need of some more handkerchiefs, and finds herself a (female) dragon's princess (Which Cimorine states clearly: "She's not my dragon; I'm her princess!").

Please, please read this book, and you'll never be sorry! It's the greatest book.
I have also read the sequels, and they're just as good. Trust me, you'll LOVE this book!

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Good

Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede was fairly good, and entertaining. Lots of people have read it. DWD is a popular novel, and it is about a princess named Cimorene. Of course, she's not at all interested in becoming a 'lady', what is totally expected of her. That's why she runs away, and becomes a dragon's princess-- with pleasure. While Cimorene's not fending off annoying rescuers, or trying to not get her head blown with fire in the heat of a dragon argument, she also has to save the King of Dragon's reserved throne from dangerous wizard who intend to do nothing but evil-doing.

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