Amazing coming-of-age tale!

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	• Princess Academy Shannon Hale Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2005 - 250 pages average customer review:based on 96 reviews view larger image
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Amazing coming-of-age tale!

Are you looking for adventure? Relaxation? Maybe a little bit of tension? Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale, is the right book for you. This book is filled with excitement, adventure, and so much more.
The story starts in a quarry on Mount Eskel, but most of the story takes place at the academy on Mount Eskel. The setting is quite believable. I always envision the academy as a large, square, one-story building. Not much grows on Mount Eskel but the miri flower.
The book is about a girl named Miri who has to go to an academy with all of the girls from Mount Eskel who are the right age to become princess of Danland and its kingdom. Tutor Olana is terribly strict. She has understandable rules, but what I don't like is that she is very much a linguistic precisionist about the rules and her punishments are unbearable for the girls: terrible and senseless. will Miri and the other girls find a way to make time at the academy easier and get more visits home for themselves? Or will they get trapped into more hand lashings, visits to the closet, and other punishments of Olana's invention? To find out, read Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale.

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WOW

I read this book outloud to my 11 year old son, 9 and 2 year old daugthers and they all loved it. Ok, it took my son a few chapters to get past the title and reading a "girl" book but it didn't take long for him to be hooked and begging for just one more chapter! It really is a must read. I recommend reading it to your children if they'll let you!

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The remarkable Shannon Hale

After reading the Goose Girl series, and Book of a Thousand Days, I was dismayed to discover that I'd never heard of Princess Academy. I immediately went out and grabbed a copy.

As usual, Ms. Hale's lyrical prose, strong character development, an exceptional story telling has once again left me wanting more.

I won't take time re-telling the story (many other posts here do a great job), but I do encourage anyone (regardless of age!!!) to pick up a Shannon Hale book. They are all wonderful!

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Enchanting

This was the first book I ever read from Shannon Hale, I really got hooked with her books after reading this one. SHe seems to make things almost believable. THis book shows her talent.

Wonderful Story!

I read this after Goose Girl, and found this as enjoyable, but not as long. It is wonderful for all ages to read and I recommend it to all.

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