The Princess Diaries

THE PRINCESS DIARIES

Meg Cabot

Harper Collins

Young Adult

ISBN: 0380814021

304 pages

As the hilariously funny tale called The Princess Diaries begins, Mia

Thermopolis is just a regular high school freshman at Albert Einstein High School.

Well, as regular as you can be when you live in a loft in downtown New York with

your flighty artist Mom. And as regular as you can be when your best friend is

Lilly, a punky and spunky militant who produces her own TV show.

As readers can guess from the title, this book takes the form of a diary, written

by Mia. Over the span of a month, she relates her daily woes and embarrassments in

heart breaking detail. As with most teenaged girls, Mia thinks she is hopeless,

looks-wise. She’s tall — 5’9″ — and klutzy, and not so gifted in the chest

department.


Then there is school. One of Mia’s biggest problems is the fact she is

flunking Algebra and, to make matters worse, her Mom has begun dating her teacher.

Gross.


In the boy department, the cutest one in school has the locker next to hers,

but doesn’t even know Mia exists, even as his snooty girlfriend Lana, a popular

cheerleader, torments her. And to top it off, Mia is developing some sort of weird

crush on Michael, Lilly’s computer nerd brother.


Then one day, Mia finds out she is a princess. Okay, I know that doesn’t sound

bad to most girls, but Mia hates the idea instantly. How does this fairy tale come

true? Her father is ruler of the principality of Genovia and since Mia is his only

child, she is next in line to the throne. Her dad sends in the big guns to convince

Mia that being a princess is what she is meant to do: her formidable grandmother

comes to New York to give Mia “Princess Lessons”. And as the word spreads around

Albert Einstein High School that Mia is royalty, her life just gets more crazy.


The ending of The Princess Diaries is a twisty one and will leave you joining

for more stories of Mia and the rest of her friends.


Reviewed by Jennifer Abbots


Taken from www.teenreads.com