Dragon Slippers

By: Jessica Day George

Genre: Young Reader Fantasy

Pages: 324

Published: 2007

Told in: First Person

Series: Dragon Slippers, #1

Compare to:

Dealing with Dragons, Patricia Wrede

A Tale of Two Castles, Gail Carson Levine

Once Upon a Marigold, Jean Ferris

In a nutshell:

After Creel is given to a dragon to help make her family rich, she strikes a bargain and ends up with a pair of shoes instead of gold. Creel makes her way to the capital city to start her own dress shop, eventually learning that her shoes are anything but normal and could even be the downfall of the entire kingdom.

What you may enjoy:

If you like Patricia Wrede’s classic Enchanted Forest series, then odds are that you’ll enjoy this book as well. As Goodreads reviewer, Small Review, stated, it’s “like cotton candy…light, sweet, and happy.” It’s a wonderfully fun read for older children to pre-teen.

What you may NOT enjoy:

This is not a groundbreaking story. It is similar to many other young reader dragon books, using common tropes and ideas. The characterizations are a little forced with the villain being too unforgiving and the heroine being too perfect.

Warnings:

Violence and Disturbing Images:

Men tackle girl; window smashes man; girl gets slapped (3 times); girl’s hair is pulled; people die from dragon flame (mentioned); girl gets punched (2 times); girl gets kicked in the face; two girls wrestle; man’s arm is cut; dragon dies.

Sex and Nudity:

Girl kisses a boy

Language and Profanity:

Damned

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