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The Princess Diaries (age 12+) by Meg Cabot princesses ... letters/journal ... growing up ... authorship ... school ... humor Publisher comments: She's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom... News Flash: Dad is prince of Genovia. (So that's why a limo meets her at the airport!) Downer: Dad can't have any more kids. (So no heir to the throne.) Shock of the Century: Like it or not, Mia Thermopolis is prime princess material. Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmere, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne. Well, her father can lecture her until he's royal-blue in the face about her princessly duty, no way is she moving to Genovia and leaving Manhattan behind. But what's a girl to do when her name is Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo? title: The Princess Diaries title: Princess in the Spotlight title: Princess in Love title: Princess in Waiting title: Project Princess title: Princess in Pink title: Princess in Training title: Party Princess title: Valentine Princess title: Princess on the Brink title: Sweet Sixteen Princess title: Perfect Princess title: Princess Mia title: Forever Princess title: The Princess Present: A Princess Diaries Book title: Holiday Princess |
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Second Fiddle, or, How to Tell a Blackbird From a Sausage
(age 12+) by Siobhan Parkinson authorship ... family ... the arts Aspiring writer Mags Clarke has just moved with her mother to a new area after the death of her father. Because her feet are usually firmly planted on the ground, Mags is cautious about befriending Gillian, whom she enchantingly finds playing the violin high up in the trees near her house. But the two get acquainted and embark on Project Manhunt: a plan to find Gillian's absent father, the only one who can send Gillian to an audition for a prestigious music school. Their strategies differ, making the road to true friendship a bumpy one. Second Fiddle is a thoughtfully crafted portrait of family and an unlikely friendship forged around a noble goal. |