What? A princess?? Me??? Yeah, right. Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there’s nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise. First Mom announces that she’s dating Mia’s Algebra teacher. Then Dad has to go and reveal that he is the crown prince of Genovia. And guess who still doesn’t have a date for the … Cultural Diversity Dance?
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Mia Thermopolis is just trying to survive high school, as a freshman at a private school in New York who is not popular, not pretty, and not good at algebra. Then her dad drops the bombshell that he’s the crown prince of a small country in Europe, and that because he can’t have any more kids, Mia is the next in line for the throne. She resists …
I read the whole series way back when it came out and LOVED it even if I was already an adult myself.
The movies that came later were fun but different and I always came back to re-reading the books . I was so happy when there was suddenly another “last” book years after even if it was a bit different than the others and not as satisfying to …
This book is honestly really great for a light read! I will say I found the main character a somewhat annoying, but then again I read it in middle school when I might’ve been going through an “I’m not like other girls” phase (yeah I know, embarrassing). Still it was funny and easy to finish.
Enjoyed the books as much as the movie.
Meg Cabot created a legacy with this book! Read and enjoy!
I’ve been curious about Meg Cabot’s series, The Princess Diaries, forever. Since these books are written for a slightly younger audience than I usually like, I’ve been putting off reading them. But since they’re written for the same age group I write for, I finally decided to dig in. And I’m really glad I did!
Despite a somewhat slow start (in my …
Well I recommend this book because It changes your emotion in every 2 minutes
Every pre-teen girl needs to read this series
Really enjoy this series!
i love the movies but the book threatened to ruin it. instead of a father and grandmother that are royal and proper they are awful. chain smoking grandma that runs around in her lacy nighties at their summer house and dad that drinks quite a bit and changes girlfriends every couple weeks. no one is really likable in the book. they aren’t …
Like some of the other reviewers out there, I had seen the movie (several upon several times) prior to reading the book. So going into this review, it’s a little hard to separate the too, but I’m going to try.
I liked the journalistic style of the book, which was probably a given considering the book’s title, but I still enjoyed it. The thoughts …
Clever twist on an old, old theme brought to the present.