![]() ![]() ![]() True, young readers will deal with little more profound than the burning question of who will ask Mia for a date, but that’s what interests the target audience. Mia emerges as a vibrant girl who may become a good princess no matter how much she dislikes the prospect. Cabot writes with a deft touch for humor as well as the convincing voice of a 14-year-old. Throughout, the turmoil of high-school friendships and persistently undeveloped mammary glands plague Mia’s life. ![]() Worse, Grandmère insists on throwing a jet-setter–style wedding for Mia’s entirely uninterested mother. ![]() When “Grandmère” forces her into a television interview, Mia babbles her mother’s secrets to the world. She’s tormented by unrequited love for her best friend’s brother, Michael, excited about mysterious e-mails from a secret admirer (could it be Michael?) and dominated by her imperious royal grandmother. Fourteen-year-old Mia’s “diary” begins as she learns that her free-spirited artist mother is pregnant by her algebra teacher. What’s a high-school freshman to do when she learns she’s a princess? The frenzied scribblings of an American girl who discovers she’s royal continue in the second installment of the Princess Diaries. ![]()
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