book review:Princess Academy

                                        

                                     
   The book I read was Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. This book is about a 14 year old girl named Miri who lives on Mt.Eskel  in a quarry village. Everyone in the village works in the quarry except Miri who is too small and her Dad won't let her. Life for Miri and the village girls is interrupted when the Prince from Danland must marry.One day a messenger arrives sent by the king telling the villagers their daughters 12 to 17 must attend the princess academy to get perpared to meet the prince. Miri and the village girls are escorted by the kings soldiers up the mountain to the princess academy. All the girls go through lessons like reading and writing and it turns out Miri likes learning. The girls go to a ball and get to meet and dance with the prince but after meeting all the girls the prince is undecided on who to choose and goes back to the castle with promises of return. Then bandits show up and try to kidnap the chosen princess but because no princess was chosen the bandits hold all of them hostage. After the girls escape from the bandits the prince finally returns,chooses a princess,Britta, and the prince takes Britta home to the castle.   


  The theme of this book is its important to be brave so you can stand up for those who aren't brave. In one part Miri stands up for a girl named Frid who stands up to Olana when Olana says only Katar and Miri can return home but Miri ends up bringing the whole class home for winter break. Example is when the girls didn't want to escape the bandits because they were afraid but Miri convinced the girls to run.This example involves Marda, Miri's sister, Marda had to be brave and skin rabbits instead of Miri.


   I really liked this book because it was written and described well with lots of detail.It didn't have a lot of humor but it had a nice emotional moments. This book had some romance so it would be good for people who like romance in books. I could connect this book to other books I've read. I would recommend this book to other 7th graders because it was a nicely detailed book.




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