As one of my friends put it, when she recommended this to me, "Princess Academy will delight your brain."She was right. This book was absolutely delightful in every sense of the word. Its got all the trappings of a fairy tale princess story with a good dose of Woman Power. I couldn't recommend it enough, whether you are ten, twenty, or seventy. And I've got to say, I had no idea how this story would end. It isn't predictable at all.
Miri is a girl who has always felt out of place in her village, high in the mountains. Everyone in the village works in the quarry to mine linderstone to barter with the traders, but her father won't let her take one step in the quarry without any explanation. One day the king's messenger arrives to tell the villagers that the king's priests have divined that the next princess will come from their village. As a result, all girls of a certain age must attend a princess academy, effective immediately.
This is quite daunting, because the villagers know nothing of outsiders, let alone how to read, write, or any of the custums of the rest of the country. Miri looks at the princess academy as a chance for her to actually be good at something, and a means of proving her worth. Miri learns a lot at the princess academy; perhaps most importantly how to be brave in the face of danger.
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