Princess Academy
Author(s): Shannon Hale
Miri's small village is home to the future princess. All girls over the age of twelve must leave their families behind to live in a special academy and learn the ways of a princes ...
Fourteen year old Miri lives on a mountain where her ancestors have quarried stone and lived in poverty for generations. Then just before winter's first snowfall, a delegation from the lowlands arrives with some exciting news. The king's priests have divined that her small village is 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, where every girl of age will be be sent to learn the skills of a princess. But there is no way Miri can prepare herself for what lies in store.
Product Information
Fantastic storytelling and a wonderfully original story fuel this sophisticated modern fairytale A beautiful paperback original with ultimate girl-appeal and double sided-cover
Shannon Hale started writing books at the age of ten, earning an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana sixteen years later, and publishing The Goose Girl, her first book, not long after that. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband, and their son, Max.
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 04 July 2005
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Shannon Hale
- : Paperback
- : 813.6
- : 256
- : Fiction
