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This is the second in the The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Ignore all the listings of it as first, and read Talking to Dragons first. That was published first, and this works better as an after-the-fact explanation.
But we have Cimorene, your typical princess nowadays, who doesn't want to do anything princessly, who runs away to be a dragon's princess instead of marrying the chosen prince -- or, for that matter, waiting to be abducted.
Her adventures wind on from there -- involving her offering a ...more
But we have Cimorene, your typical princess nowadays, who doesn't want to do anything princessly, who runs away to be a dragon's princess instead of marrying the chosen prince -- or, for that matter, waiting to be abducted.
Her adventures wind on from there -- involving her offering a ...more

This was a cute story and refreshing to read a story with a princess that does not need to be rescued. Princess Cimorene has no use for societal norms and all she hears is, "It just isn't done." So she leaves home and finds a dragon to belong to. There is some humorous writing that will probably go over the heads of young ones but a fun story for them to read.
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