Patricia C. Wrede
Scholastic, 1992
Pages: 212
Reading Level: 9-12
Genre: Fantasy
Cimorene is a princess. The only thing is, she doesn't like being a princess because she thinks it is very boring. She only gets to learn things like how to curtsy and embroider and dance. These things bored her so much that she started making people around the castle teach her to do other more interesting things, like fencing and cooking and magic and Latin. However, whenever her father or mother, the king and queen, found out about these things they made Cimorene stop because it was not proper for a princess. Cimorene's parents did not know what to do with her. They try to solve their problems by making her marry a prince she doesn't like. Cimorene really doesn't want to marry the prince, so she runs away to the dragon's. Cimorene becomes Kazul's dragon. She enjoys herself very much. She gets to work magic spells and read Latin and organize and cook for Kazul.While Cimorene is the cave one day when Kazul left, some wizards show up. Wizards are not good for dragons, and are banned from the mountain. They come in and sneak a peek at a book of Kazul's. It is a dragon history book. Cimorene and Kazul discover that the wizards are working with a dragon to try and find out more about the Cave's of Fire and Night. It turn's out that the stone that decides which dragon is going to be the next king can be controlled by one of the stones in the Cave's of Fire and Night. Then the dragon king is murdered. Cimorene's friend, the stone prince, overhears a wizard talking to the dragon Waroug, and it turns out that Waroug poisoned the king so that the wizards could cast a spell on the stone that chooses the next king and make Waroug king of the dragons. Cimorene and her friends make it in time to the ceremony, melt a few wizards and stop them from doing their spell, and save the day. The stone chooses Kazul to be the next king, and everyone live happily ever after.
I would recommend this book to older children, young adults, and adults. Everyone should read it.
Problems: I don't want children thinking that if they run away from home all their problems will go away.
My reaction: I really really like this book. I read it for the first time when I was about ten, and have loved it since. If you ever have a chance to buy it, do.
My rating: ****
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