In this book, a 14-year girl named Miri is one of the girls from Mount Eskell that have to attend a special academy to see who could marry the Prince. Miri thinks it is impossible she would be chosen, because they were mountain girls, and weren't royal at all. All of the mountain girls were not "trained properly," like not knowing how to read, talk politely to people, trade, and write. The Academy would teach them how to do those stuff. Miri at first thinks is not useful, but then slowly realizes how it can help her village. Miri always stands up for people, usally against Olana the tutor, but people usually dont respect her doing so, because Olana gives even worse consequences for Miri AND the person already in trouble. Miri seems delicate, but she always is the one who encourages people. As Miri gets better at reading and writing, the older girls start disliking her, especially a girl named Katar. When some kidnappers/robbers come to kidnap the future princess, they are all captured. The thing is, the future princess wasn't chosen yet at the ball, where the future princess would be chosen
Princess Academy
By Shannon Hale
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | V | 6 | 63201 |
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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I love this book! I have read it 100 times too!
I really like this book. I've read it like 100 times. That's how much I like it. I kind of wish that she would've married the prince because I like her character so much, but then her friend would've gotten his feelings hurt. I hope that she and her friend get married(they are so meant for each other!).
April 25 2013 This book is about a girl named Miri who lives on a mountain called Mount Eskell. The village is a nice one. But one day a man comes with orders from the king that says in a short time their daughters from 13-18 to come train so that the prince can choose a wife. As Miri goes she discovers many things, some pleasant others not. As time passes, the girls run away, make a deal with a tutor, fight through danger and lots more. My favorite part was when Miri learned quarry speech. So read this book and have fun while you do it.
I love this book! It is about a girl named Miri, she lives on the mountain with the rest of the mountain folk. Then the people they trade with announce that there was going to be an academy where girls could possibly become a princess. The girls must train to become a princess, but only after the prince picked the girl to be his wife. The girls had to train to become a princess. Their teacher, Olana was very strict and you would never want to be on her bad-side, she throughs a few of the girls in to the "closet".
Very good book, if you think it's one of those Disney fairy tales, it's not! Princess Academy is powerful, full of action, adventure, family, danger, and finding who you are in the midst of it all. I truly love this book, I believe that it is great for all those girls who need a bit of encouragement.
i loved this book! its a terrific read for any time. i cant wait to read the 2nd 1!
There are bandits that come to steal all of the girls and they get away it was AWSOME!!!!!!!!
Princess Academy is about a girl named Miri who lives with her father and her sister Marda. One day people from the castle came to in form every body in the village that girls over 1by 4 - 18 will be joining the Princess Academy program on top of the mountain .Miri and all the other girls from the village entered the Princess Academy. There they will be taught how to act like a princess and how to behave like one too, by a very mean teacher named Olana. Then the prince will pick the best girl to be his wife and to crowned as Queen. Miri doesn't know if she believes the prince will actually pick a girl from a poor little village to become his wife. Will Miri take the chance of becoming a princess? If you'll read this amazing book you will find out.
Awww, I wish the boy at the end actually asked miri to marry him :(