#28 in Middle grade
Searching for Dragons
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Funny and quick on its feet, “Searching for Dragons” keeps all the charm of the first Enchanted Forest book. Patricia Wrede goes on playing lightly with fairy-tale conventions, and Princess Cimorene, who lives with dragons, is if anything better company this time. Some readers who loved its predecessor like this one even more; newcomers to the “Enchanted Forest Chronicles” should begin there.
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About the book
Searching for Dragons is a middle grade fantasy novel by Patricia Wrede, second in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, about a young princess who lives with dragons and leads an unusual life. The book was also published in the UK in 1994 under the name Dragon Search.
Reading order · Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Full order & progress →- Dealing with DragonsStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - Searching for DragonsThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Calling on Dragons
7.97.9 / 10 - Talking to Dragons
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 139 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 11 | 8% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 11 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 117 | 84% |
Frequently asked
What age is Searching for Dragons for?
Searching for Dragons sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 256 pages — shorter than 97% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
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