Winning the contest could give her everything she ever wanted-but it would mean leaving her home and family behind. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. In a year's time, the prince will choose his bride from among the village girls. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her village the home of the future princess. Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life. In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hales Princess Academy series, Miri finds herself a sudden participant in a contest to find the next princess of the realm. Summary A New York Times Bestseller In this second book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hales Princess Academy series, Miri embarks on a brand new life in the city. A Newbery Honor Winner A New York Times Bestseller In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Princess Academy series, Miri finds herself a sudden participant in a contest to find the next princess of the realm.

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