I have heard about this book sooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Princess Academy
By Shannon Hale
Book 1 of 2 in the
Princess Academy Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | V | 6 | 63201 |
Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess.
Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13: 9781408869888
ISBN-10: 1408869888
Published on 6/18/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
Book Reviews (123)
I love this book. It is the coming of age tale of Miri, a mountain girl who feels as if she doesn't belong in her own village. Her family and friends all work in the quarry, but Miri's father forbids her from helping. Miri finds her own strengths when the royal entourage comes to the mountain, looking for a bride for the prince. A school is set up to train potential princesses and Miri is soon the best in the class. She learns new ways to help her village and earns her own place in the world. This book is simply amazing. I recommend reading it to any reader.
This book is an old-fashioned fairytale with a little twist. Shannon Hale really did a good job with it.I would certainly recommend this book to other young readers like me!:)
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Excellent book with a great female heroin. Shannon Hale kept me engaged and wanting to read more. I love the theme of friendship and perseverance can win the day.
Princess Academy was a very beautifully written book. The characters where had a lot of depth. I liked how the writer told the stories from each characters past.
i love this book because it talks about courage love friendship and just being you it also talks about withstanding bulling and understanding your friends
I thought this book was very well done. The author did a very good job of sucking the reader into the book. I would definitely recommend this book for girls age 12 and under.
best book ever
i love this book miri is amzaing and cool rather die to save her friends than save herself
even though i have not read it ,it sounds interesting