Princess Academy is a fantasy novel by Shannon Hale. The book was named a 2006 Newbery Honor winner. Shannon Hale (born January 26, 1974) is an American author of young adult fantasy and adult fiction. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... ISBN-13 represented as EAN-13 bar code (in this case ISBN 978-3-16-148410-0) The International Standard Book Number, ISBN, is a unique[1] commercial book identifier barcode. ... OCLC Online Computer Library Center was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC). ... Shannon Hale (born January 26, 1974) is an American author of young adult fantasy and adult fiction. ... The Newbery Honor is a citation given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA). ...
Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess.
Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
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Awards and nominations
2005 Honorable Mention for "Favorite Novel of the Year," Publishers Weekly's Cuffie Awards
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