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Princess Academy

by Shannon Hale

A mountain village enters the contest for a princess

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    New York Times bestseller

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    New York Times bestselling author

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A mountain village enters the contest for a princess

When priests identify Miri’s village as the home of the future princess, the community’s teenage girls are sent to an academy to prepare for the prince’s choice. The contest brings rivalry and strict instruction into a life shaped by mountain traditions. For Miri, the possibility of winning is bound up with a personal choice: the future she has imagined may require leaving her home and family. Friendship, competition, belonging, and the pull between ambition and home anchor this opening volume of the Princess Academy series.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A good fit for readers ages 9–12 interested in friendship and social themes.
  • For readers who enjoy stories about girls facing competition and choices about home and the future.
  • Suitable for readers wanting to begin the Princess Academy series.

Themes

FriendshipCompetitionAmbition and belongingHome and family

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Book overview

A Newbery Honor Winner
A New York Times Bestseller

In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Princess Academy series, Miri finds herself a sudden participant in a contest to find the next princess of the realm.

Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince will choose his bride from among the village girls.

The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. Winning the contest could give her everything she ever wanted--but it would mean leaving her home and family behind.

Don't miss the other books in the Princess Academy trilogy!
Princess Academy
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters

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