Princess+Academy

__ Princess ____ Academy __ by Shannon Hale Historical fiction nominated by Meredith

Miri Laurendaughter lives in a small village near a mountain which people call Mount Eskel. An announcement was made to the village that there was a young prince and he was in need of a wife. So all the village girls including Miri had to go to an academy to find out who will be the academy princess. The academy princess is the girl who is top of the class and will most likely be the wife of the prince. The girl who is the academy princess is going to have a better chance of marrying the prince. All the girls have to work hard and obey the rules before the prince will decide which girl will be his wife. Miri does not want to be the princess because she likes Mount Eskel and wants to stay with her village and her friends. The problem is she is top of the class. Will she end up being the princess?

One reason I chose to nominate this book is because at the beginning of each chapter there is a poem that gives a clue of how the chapter is going to be. You can guess what might happen in the chapter and I think the poems are really interesting. I also like this book because it has some suspense. You wonder what is going to happen next, like who will marry the prince or will Miri be the princess?