Dragon Slippers
by Jessica Day George

    DRAGON SLIPPERS by Jessica Day George
    Category:  Fantasy
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  3/20/07
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury
    Reviewed by:  Jocelyn Pearce
    Rating:  5 Stars


    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.