A warm, witty story that will leave readers clamoring for the next installment., This humorous adventure, a sequel to The Runaway Princess (Farrar, 2006), captures readers' attention from the start and doesn't let go., 'This humorous adventure, a sequel to The Runaway Princess (Farrar, 2006), captures readers' attention from the start and doesn't let go.' - School Library Journal 'Coombs mines the tropes of folklore for her situations and characters, and fans. and makes it fresh with droll humor, brisk plotting, and multidimensional characters. A warm, witty story that will leave readers clamoring for the next installment.' -The Horn Book, Coombs again takes a familiar setup. 'Enchanted forests, rampant transmogrification, evil sorceresses and giants are all fine fodder for Coombs's invent twists on traditional fairy tales.' -Kirkus Reviews 'Coombs again takes a familiar setup. Now they're going to need swordplay, magic, and a whole lot of courage to find Laddy and get back home ' Will this princess be able to rescue herself, let alone anybody else? In 'The Runaway Princess,' Meg and her friends defeated a pack of princes. What's more, meeting up with the dashing bandit Bain again isn't at all what she expected.

Of course, Meg's quest goes topsy-turvy once she enters the enchanted forest and her adventure is just beginning. Fortunately, she is also accompanied by her best friends: Dilly, a lady-in-waiting and a cool head in any crisis not involving heights Cam, a gardener's assistant who knows the exact value of a brick shed filled with sausages Nort, a skinny guardsman who has never given much thought to crows and Lex, a young wizard with bad taste in horses, magic carpets, and sorceresses. But she hasn't counted on her parents, the king and queen of Greeve, sending ten guardsmen along.

When Meg's dragon, Laddy, flies away from home, she knows she must go on a quest to find him.

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