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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.

About the Author :
Shannon Hale and Dean Hale are the award-winning husband-and-wife team behind the Princess in Black series. Shannon Hale is also the author of the Newbery Honor novel Princess Academy as well as the New York Times best-selling series Ever After High. Shannon Hale and Dean Hale live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.

Review :
[A] charming young-adult fantasy. The mountain setting creates an evocative sense of a world apart, with just a tantalizing touch of magic. -- "Locus" [A] magical read! -- "Discovery Girls " [In this] latest fantasy-cum-tribute to girl-power...Miri and the girls eventually gain confidence and knowledge that helps transform their village. -- "Publishers Weekly" Each girl's story is brought to a satisfying conclusion, but this is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale, even though it has wonderful moments of humor. Instead, Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home. -- "School Library Journal (starred review)" Full of suspense...will keep young readers stuck to the page. -- "Washington Parent" Hale breathes new life into the fairy tale form with this richly imagined fantasy. A truly marvelous book, rich with color, adventure and romance. -- "Buffalo News (New York)" Hale nicely interweaves feminist sensibilities in this quest-for-a-prince-charming, historical-fantasy tale. Strong suspense and plot drive the action. -- "Booklist " Hale offers us a world full of grief and fear and loneliness-but also full of love and trust and decency. There are adventures and dangers, and the most compelling, believable, poignant love story I have read in many a year. I was moved to tears and to laughter, and caught up in the grace and beauty. -- "Orson Scott Card, New York Times bestselling author" Miri's culture is deftly drawn...and the harsh yet beautiful physical and cultural details of Miri's world keep this optimistic tale believable. This could be a useful introduction to fantasy for realistic buffs-the authentic sniping and backbiting of jealous girls cooped up together for a year, the character-driven plot, and the vigorous prose will carry readers of all kinds into the center of the story. -- "Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books" The book is a fresh approach to the traditional princess story with unexpected plot twists and great emotional resonance. -- "2006 Newbery Committee" The imaginative setting for the story makes it timeless and universal...This new classic will have a place with leisure readers and in the classroom. -- "VOYA" There are many pleasures to this satisfying tale: a precise lyricism to the language and a rhythm to the story that takes its tropes from many places, but its heart from ours...[A]n unalloyed joy. -- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780792796985
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 1 Princess Academy Series Lib/E
  • Weight: 295 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0792796985
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2013
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 170 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Width: 155 mm


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