#72 in Middle grade
Talking to Dragons
- 255
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Talking to Dragons” rounds off the “Enchanted Forest Chronicles” with a fairy-tale quest of dragons and wizards. Its narrator is Daystar, the sixteen-year-old son of Cimorene. It was the first of the four books to be published, and a reader who starts here shares his ignorance of what came before, while those arriving after the other three can enjoy the hints at familiar characters.
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About the book
Talking to Dragons is a middle grade fantasy novel, the fourth and final book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede, although it was published first, in 1985. It is told in first person from the point of view of sixteen-year-old Daystar, son of Cimorene, a woman who lives at the edge of the Enchanted Forest.
Reading order · Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Full order & progress →- Dealing with DragonsStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - Searching for Dragons
8.18.1 / 10 - Calling on Dragons
7.97.9 / 10 - Talking to DragonsThis book
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 114 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 44% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 7 | 6% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 10 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 97 | 85% |
Frequently asked
What age is Talking to Dragons for?
Talking to 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 255 pages — shorter than 97% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
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