num_pages: 324
description: Poor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in centuries.But when the beast actually appears, Creel not only bargains with him for her life, she also ends up with a rare bit of treasure from his hoard, not gold or jewels, but a pair of simple blue slippers-or so she thinks. It's not until later that Creel learns a shocking truth: She possesses not just any pair of shoes, but ones that could be used to save her kingdom, which is on the verge of war, or destroy it.
language: English
title: Dragon Slippers
titlecomplete: Dragon Slippers (Dragon Slippers, #1)
genres: Fiction, Dragons, Magic, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Fairy Tales, Romance, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 28352
series: Dragon Slippers
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Whitney Award
category: Best Novel by New Author, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Sunshine State Young Readers Award, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens