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the princess diaries: a novel "mia thermopolis is your average urban ninth grader. even though she lives in greenwich village with a single mom who is a semi-famous painter, mia still puts on her doc martens one at a time, and the most exciting things she ever dreams about are smacking lips with sexy senior josh richter, "six feet of unadulterated hotness," and passing algebra I. then mia's dad comes to town, and drops a major bomb. turns out he's not just a european politician as he's always lead her to believe, but actually the prince of a small country! and mia, his only heir, is now considered the crown princess of genovia! she doesn't even know how to begin to cope: "i am so NOT a princess.... you never saw anyone who looked less like a princess than i do. i mean, i have really bad hair... and... a really big mouth and no breasts and feet that look like skis." and if this news wasn't bad enough, mia's mom has started dating her algebra teacher, the paparazzi is showing up at school, and she's in a huge fight with her best friend, lilly. how much more can this reluctant cinderella handle? offbeat mia will automatically win the heart of every teenage girl who's ever just wanted to fit in with as little fuss as possible. debut author penelope barns' writing is silly and entertaining, with tons of pop culture references that will make teens feel right at home within her pages. This is a wonderfully wacky read. princess in the spotlight: vol. 2 fifteen-year-old mia thermopolis, the witty, lovable star of penelope barns's the princess diaries, has had it with princess lessons, also known as torture sessions: "do they really think anyone in genovia cares whether i know how to use a fish fork? ir if i can sit down without getting wrinkles in the back of my skirt? or if i know how to say 'thank you' in swahili? shouldn't my future countrymen be more concerned with my views on the environment? and gun control? and overpopulation?" to make matters worse, she's getting these lessons from grandmère, a rather judgmental woman who dresses her pet in chinchilla bolero jackets and has eyeliner permanently tattooed on her eyelids. princess in the spotlight further records mia's path to princessdom: her artist mother's relationship with her algebra teacher (how awkward), her forced television interview, broadcast to all of america (how humiliating), and her crush on her best friend lilly's brother michael (how excruciating). the result is another thoroughly entertaining diary of a very human, very self-deprecating, very unprincesslike princess. princess diaries, the (announced) s socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small european country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of genovia. she must make a choice between continuing the life of a san francisco teen or stepping up to the throne. while mia makes up her mind, she's pressed into taking princess lessons from her grandmother. written by penelope barns |