Princess Academy : Book

This Paperback Book item from Bloomsbury USA Children´s Books was reviewed on 4-Nov-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Princess Academy by Bloomsbury USA Children´s Books. This is a fun tale featuring a young mountain girl, Miri, forced to undergo Princess training as a potential bride to the prince. The only thing I didn´t like about the book was the title, everything else was great. The characters were all complex and believable and the pacing was first rate. I couldn´t put the book down and was sad when it ended.¤

2) Paperback Book Princess Academy by Bloomsbury USA Children´s Books. This is another of my "good, clean fun" favorite books. The characters are engaging and the storyline doesn´t turn out like you´d expect. The world-building is good, and the pacing is excellent. It´s a book that leaves you feeling good.

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3) Paperback Book Princess Academy by Bloomsbury USA Children´s Books. I really liked Shannon Hale´s "Goose Girl" (I expected it to be terrible - it was not). Banking on that, I picked up "Princess Academy" and the fact that Miri was a name I was once oddly obsessed with. The plot seemed sort of silly and the title ridiculous but I said, "What the hey, I´ll give this over-girly looking book a shot."

Once again, as with "Goose Girl", I´m glad I gave Hale a chance. She´s twice now managed to take seemingly stupid remakes of fairy tales into funny, absolutely enjoyable reads. "Princess Academy", while I guess not immediately based off of any fairy tale, reads like one with the princess, the prince, the evil no-good-doers, and the happy ending. This delightful story, written simply and clearly in such a way that keeps the reader hooked from start to finish, manages to take seemingly dull ideas and spin them into a fun tale. And it´s got just about everything a fairy tale remake needs, without the cliches, the awkwardness, or the annoying bits. Characters are all pleasant and semi-realistic (at times too good or too bad, but it´s easy to overlook); the plot is fun and enjoyable.

"Princess Academy" is still a pretty girly book. Don´t get me wrong. It´s still a young adult book, geared probably for girls (maybe boys too, but much less so) around twelve, thirteen, and is written accordingly. It´s not a grand masterpiece - it´s a fun read that will make readers feel warm and fuzzy inside while laughing out loud at various bits and clinging to the book in suspense in others. Well-written as "Goose Girl" was, minus the editing need, engaging, and an overall pleasure, "The Princess Academy" should not simply be overlooked because of the title.

Warmly recommended. Enjoy!¤

4) Paperback Book Princess Academy by Bloomsbury USA Children´s Books. This book was alot of fun to read, and I will make it mandatory reading for my children. Shannon Hale has a wonderful way of weaving words and capturing the imagination.¤

5) Paperback Book Princess Academy by Bloomsbury USA Children´s Books. this was a great read. it has a great message of learning, loving and being happy where you are. it was an easy read, as well.¤

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.

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