Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, meets her match in the not-quite-kingly Mendanbar. With the aid of a broken-down magic carpet and a leaky magical sword, the two tackle a series of dragon-nappings.

 

This book was published 2002 by Harcourt Brace International .

Patricia C. Wrede has written all four books in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles as well as Sorcery & Cecilia , The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician , co-written with Caroline Stevermer. Ms. Wrede lives and writes in Minneapolis, Minnesota.