Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

In accordance with new FTC stupidity I Disclose:  I bought this book at King Soopers.  Aia threw a fit because it wasn’t a WITCH book.  I paid with my debit card and I went through the self check out line cause I hate talking to Cashiers.  I got seven paper cuts from the book, one of which bled on the page.  I’m keeping this book and it will be filed under H for Hale…because I’m anal retentive about these things.  I’d totally review your book if I got it for free but since I’m a normal person I have to pay for books.  And because I’m in Debt Consolidation, I have to pay cash.  If you buy the book through my Amazon link, I might get, like a penny.  Maybe one day I can buy a book with it.

The Cinderella story that’s not.  Shannon Hale’s tale about Miri, the clever mountain girl is endearing and just lovely.  Miri is rounded up with rest of the village girls of Mount Eskel to attend a Princess Academy.  Normally when priests choose the location of the current Prince’s bride they choose an area in the lowlands.  The noble daughters are gathered up, a ball is thrown and the prince chooses.  There are no nobles in the out-laying territory of Mount Eskel, the nobility must be created.

With a lesson in why education is key, the book brings home thoughts on family, home and life worth living.

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