Dealing with Dragons
**A well written, fast paced YA fantasy with a good sense of humour. Cimorene, an independent minded princess, runs away from home and volunteers to be the a dragon's princess, getting caught up in dragon politics, magic, and the machinations of rival wizards. This is the first book in a series of four.**
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Princess Cimorene is bored. Tired of approved princess hobbies, she runs away from her parents' palace and volunteers to be the captive princess of a no-nonsense lady dragon named Kazul. First in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles.
Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles has four books: Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and Talking to Dragons. The series is complete.
Yes. Dealing with Dragons is middle-grade fantasy, recommended for readers 9 to 13. The princess-who-likes-dragons premise and gentle subversion of fairy tale tropes have made it a long-time favorite for young fantasy readers.
Dealing with Dragons was written by Patricia C. Wrede, published in 1990 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Dealing with Dragons is 218 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Dealing with Dragons takes most readers 3 to 5 hours to finish.
Dealing with Dragons is a standalone novel by Patricia C. Wrede, not part of a series.
Dealing with Dragons is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.