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Summary: A Charming Fantasy
Review: This book is light, but a pleasant way to spend an afternoon. Ms. Wrede's handling of fairy story characters is amusing and Cimorene is a strong and capable heroine. I found I enjoyed this book much more the second time I read it. A great beginning to a fun series.
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Summary: A very awesome book!
Review: Dealing with Dragons is an awesome, awesome, book! I love the way that Patricia C. Wrede makes it like a fairy tale, but puts a twist on it where all the princesses are not perfectly perfect. Cimorene is a great role model for people. She teaches us we don't have to be exactly what people want and expect us to be. This book is funny in some cases, and this is definatly a "YES" for all fantasy lovers. I liked this book so much that I'm reading the rest of them. I'm about in the middle of book 4. This is one of the best books I have ever read. It takes you on a journey to meet dragons, princes, witches, wizards, and more. This exciting tale will grab you, and you won't be able to put this book down.
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Summary: An excellent book, and an excellent audio tape
Review: This is probably one of my favorite books of all time, and the audio version of it is also spectactular. From how Kazul says "Wi-zards" (it is so cool!) and the voice that says "End side 5", this is so amazing. The story is just wonderful. Get it. Rent (or buy!) this tape.. you'll play it over and over and over (etc. etc.). I love how the tape is unabridged, unlike many audio books out of books you love so well you can tell all the missing parts as soon as you listen to it. This audio tape is not read by a person (as cool as that is, just listen to Harry Potter), but is read (really, acted) out by a cast.. very cool. In short, the book is wonderful, and so is the audio tape.
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Summary: just a good book
Review: DEALING with DRAGONS
By Patricia C. WredeDealing with Dragons is about princess Cimorene whose parents arranged her to marry the dullest man, Prince Therandil. Her lady-in-waiting had told her so Cimorene wined that would rather be eaten by a dragon than marry Therandil. A frog told Cimorene that she could be eaten eaten by a dragon. The frog told her the way to the dragons. Cimorene was really desperate and followed the frog's advice. After endless walking she finally arrived at the dragon Kazul's cave where she meets the dragon. Together they had an adventure fighting away bad wizard, finding mysteries and many other things. The main characters of the story are Cimorene and Kazul. They are also my favorites because Cimorene is a girl and acts like a boy, and Kazul who is the nicest dragon I know so far. This story is an interesting book I have read and extremely fun to read. Dealing with Dragons reminds me how my sisters and I were at the dinner table when my mother went out for a minute to phone somebody. We decided that this was our chance to act like pigs, to slobber our food in our mouths, to eat with our hands or with our mouths on the plates. We had so much fun; we didn't notice my mother coming in. Her mouth fell open; we were caught in act. Our mother became upset and said that it was uncivilized. In Dealing with Dragon Cimorene wanted to sword fight, cook, to do magic, but her mother caught her and told her it was improper. We don't always want to be proper we just want to have fun. Can't we fulfill our dreams even when we are not proper or civilized Dealing with Dragons is very interesting and funny. I did not like the book - I loved it. My favorite parts were when Cimorene murmured, "I'd rather be eaten by a dragon" and when Cimorene was looking for a plant called feverfew with her friend Alianora. I also liked when Cimorene and her friend saw the wizard Antorell who was picking a purple plant called Dragons bane. Dragonsbane is deadly to the dragon. When Cimorene finds out what the wizard are up to it is very mysterious. The book doesn't have any parts I dislike, but if I could change something, it would be that the wizard's son Antorell fell in love with Cimorene. That would make the book more interesting and even funnier. I recommend Dealing with Dragons because I really had fun reading it, and I want other people to have laugh and have fun with this book. My sister recommended Dealing with Dragons to me, and She was right. It was fun to read and extremely interesting (it even had some cliffhangers). I am also recommending Dealing with Dragons because it has fantasy a bit like The Never Ending Story. Dealing with Dragons has alot of action and many weird or Ironic fairy tales.
People who like wizardry stories, mysteries, action and fantasy will love this book, just like I do. Dealing with Dragons is a good fantasy book, a good guidebook how on to act with dragons most important a book that explains not to be eaten by a dragon.
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Summary: Amazing Fantasy!
Review: This book was amazing! It's about a daring girl named Cimmorene, who doesn't want to be a princess. But instead of like most books, where the princesses just learn to deal with their life, Cimmorene takes action! She asks a sweet dragon, Kazul, to capture her. Now, this may sound a bit odd, but Kazul was a nice and gentle dragon, and was always nice to Cimmorene. Cimmorene learns to make potions and spells and even befriends another captured princess. But as the groovy story goes on, Cimmorene learns a secret about a dragon who is helping wizards. When the dragon king dies, and the contest to find the new kings gets closer. The wizards cook up even more mischief. This hillarious adventure/mystery/fantasy is an excellent, awesome read!
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Summary: ~A wOnDeRfUl BoOk~
Review: Dealing With Dragons is one of my all time favorite books. It's like, totally the bomb! I did not want to put this wonderful fantasy book down. I even read the book out loud and my seven year old sister and my like ninety year old mom(haha just kidding, she's not ninety) loved the book. Every day, I would hurry up and do my homework as fast as a rocket just so I could read this groovy book. Oh, Golly, I know you must think I'm weird, but once you read this book, you'll know why I go bananas when I haven't finished this book. The book is about a princess Cimmorene who asks a dragon to capture her. The book is full of evil wizards, befuddeling dragons, and complicated potions. Everyone, if there is one thing you should do in your life, it is to read this book. You won't regret it.
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Summary: True Heroine
Review: I think this is a great book that I just engulfed in one day; once you start, you just cant stop. It starts out when Princess Cimorene of Linderwall has just had enough of of all the embroidering and etiquette (and all the other "proper" stuff a princess is supposed to learn). After getting the advice to run away from a frog, she ends up in a cave full of dragons, where she becomes Kazul's princess. Things are going great when all of a sudden princes and knights start trying to rescue her. And thats not all, she finds out that the wizards are trying to take over all the magic in the Dragon world. You have to read this great fantasy/fiction book to find out what happends to Kazul and Princess Cimorene. I suggest this book to people of all ages that like fantasy/fiction books (and to people who even don't like fantasy/fiction) because once you start you wont be able to put this humerous book down.
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Summary: Great book
Review: i enjoy reading a nice book that is easy on the mind before going to sleep. this book has a simple/enjoyable plot. i love fantasy stories about knights and wizards and i was pleased to find a short yet entertaining book. This book was a real catch and i am looking forward to the next book
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Summary: This is a good book!
Review: Anyone who liked the Immortals series or the Alanna series will love this! They are different in there ways, though, but all show the toughness of a female when dealing immortals.
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Summary: This is one of my favorite books ever!!!!
Review: Okay I know that it looks like a complete girls book but it is not!!!! It is cool because she doesn't want to be proper and stuff so she runs away. But you have to read the rest it has plenty of wizards dragons and all sorts of good fantasy with an awesome twist it is different than most "traditional" fantasy stories but if you are look ing for something different then buy it and the rest of the sereies!!!!!!!!!!!!
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