Do dragons have treasures? So believe most citizens from Carlieff that Creel knows including her mother. The family needs money so Creel is taken to the mouth of a cavern where a dragon is believed to live, offered in return for treasure. Creel meets the dragon who collects shoes! She understands the dragon and she bargains for a pair of shoes because her sandals are worn. The dragon agrees. When she finds a pair of blue slippers which fit her the dragon is reluctant to let this pair go but Creel persists and leaves the cave wearing the blue slippers. However, there is more to the blue slippers than Creel knows and it leads to complications in her life.
As Creel travels she meets other dragons, one of which collect the treasures that humans believe. One collects beautiful stained glass winders and another collects dogs. She views the dragons a friends rather than enemies and cherishes the time she spends with them. As her story unfolds, there is conflict, a selfish and arrogant princess whose father wants to annex the land, two princes whose lives are threatened, and a battle to win. This is a delightful read and if first, one likes dragons, and two, fantasy, take time to enjoy this story. It's great fun.
As Creel travels she meets other dragons, one of which collect the treasures that humans believe. One collects beautiful stained glass winders and another collects dogs. She views the dragons a friends rather than enemies and cherishes the time she spends with them. As her story unfolds, there is conflict, a selfish and arrogant princess whose father wants to annex the land, two princes whose lives are threatened, and a battle to win. This is a delightful read and if first, one likes dragons, and two, fantasy, take time to enjoy this story. It's great fun.
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Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com
DRAGON SLIPPERS is one of the best fantasy books I've read in ages! I always feel like good fantasy is hard to find, but this book certainly succeeded in being that and much more.
When Creel's parents die, her rather silly aunt is going to be hard-pressed to come up with the money to feed Creel and her brother, so she comes up with a plan. She's going to give Creel to the dragon rumored to live in the hills near their town and convince a local nobleman's son to rescue and marry the "fair maiden."
Anyone with sense knows this is ridiculous. The dragon is only a myth...Right?
Wrong. Creel, however, is clever enough to talk her way out of the hands of the dragon (who doesn't really want to eat her, and, by the way, collects shoes, not gold), and out of the bargain she gets a comfortable pair of blue slippers, which she wears on the long walk to the capitol, where she wants to find work putting the sewing and embroidering skills taught to her by her mother to use. It seems like a simple enough plan; however, life is never as simple as we think it is going to be.
DRAGON SLIPPERS is an un-put-downable read, set in a vividly created fantasy world. The characters are wonderful, too (although I feel the storytelling, rather than the characters, is Jessica Day George's strength in this story). DRAGON SLIPPERS is an excellent novel, one sure to appeal to fantasy fans of all ages.
DRAGON SLIPPERS is one of the best fantasy books I've read in ages! I always feel like good fantasy is hard to find, but this book certainly succeeded in being that and much more.
When Creel's parents die, her rather silly aunt is going to be hard-pressed to come up with the money to feed Creel and her brother, so she comes up with a plan. She's going to give Creel to the dragon rumored to live in the hills near their town and convince a local nobleman's son to rescue and marry the "fair maiden."
Anyone with sense knows this is ridiculous. The dragon is only a myth...Right?
Wrong. Creel, however, is clever enough to talk her way out of the hands of the dragon (who doesn't really want to eat her, and, by the way, collects shoes, not gold), and out of the bargain she gets a comfortable pair of blue slippers, which she wears on the long walk to the capitol, where she wants to find work putting the sewing and embroidering skills taught to her by her mother to use. It seems like a simple enough plan; however, life is never as simple as we think it is going to be.
DRAGON SLIPPERS is an un-put-downable read, set in a vividly created fantasy world. The characters are wonderful, too (although I feel the storytelling, rather than the characters, is Jessica Day George's strength in this story). DRAGON SLIPPERS is an excellent novel, one sure to appeal to fantasy fans of all ages.
Cute story the tween set will love.
