The Eye Of Zoltar

The Eye Of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde, 405 pages

The third book in the Chronicles Of Kazam has Jennifer Strange minding the princess of Kazam, who is currently in the body of a palace orphan.  The queen decided that the princess needed to get some real world experience and stop being such a brat.  Unfortunately, this means that the princess has to come with Jennifer and Perkins on an incredibly dangerous mission into the Cambrian Empire.  There, they hope to find out if the Eye of Zoltar really exists and possibly find it to give to the Mighty Shandar in exchange for not killing the last two dragons.  Since Jennifer and her house of magicians are responsible for the two dragons being alive, Shandar has agreed to this deal, even though he was under contract to kill all of the dragons.  They also need to negotiate for the release of the Once Magnificent Boo, who has been taken hostage in the Cambrian Empire.  This was a fun adventure story that  is light-hearted and funny enough that you almost don’t mind that people end up dead.  Any of Fforde’s fans and teens who like fantasy and odd humor will enjoy the series.