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Princess Mia may seem like the luckiest girl ever.

But the truth is, Mia spends all her time doing one of three things: preparing for her nerve-racking entrée into Genovian society, slogging through the congestion unique to Manhattan in December, and avoiding further smooching from her hapless boyfriend, Kenny.

For Mia, being princess is not the fairy tale it's supposed to be . . . or is it?

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It would seem that 14-year-old Mia Thermopolis ("five foot nine inches tall, with no visible breasts, feet the size of snowshoes") has the kind of life every Manhattan teenager could only dream of: She is, in her spare time, the princess of the European country of Genovia. Alas, the Royal Privilege is more like a Predicament. Not only does she have to endure daily princess lessons from her critical Grandmère ("It isn't as if I'm going to show up at the castle and start hurling olives at the ladies-in-waiting"), but her new stepfather is also her algebra teacher, her mother is pregnant and vomiting, she doesn't like her boyfriend very much, and she's convinced the real love of her life--her best friend's older brother--thinks of her as a kid.

Written in diary form like Louise Rennison's award-winning Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging, Meg Cabot's endearing and often hilarious novel Princess in Love--third in the series after The Princess Diaries and Princess in the Spotlight--is sure to appeal to teen readers who will be able to relate to Mia--a young woman who would like people to know that "behind this mutant facade beats the heart of a person who is striving, just like everybody else in this world, to find self-actualization." (Ages 12 and older)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Karin Snelson

From Publishers Weekly

Her Royal Highness Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo of Genovia, also known as Mia, prepares to meet the populace of her newfound kingdom all while trying to dump one boyfriend for another in Princess in Love, the third in the Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot.

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-9-Teenage angst rears its head with a vengeance in the third title in the Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot (HarperCollins, 2002). Despite her royal heritage, high school student Mia Thermopolis suffers from terminally bad hair days, anxiety over why she doesn't find kissing nearly as enticing as her boyfriend Kenny does, and the torture of a never-ending series of royal etiquette lessons conducted by her imperious Grandmere. And what about Mia's true love, Michael, a senior and the brother of her best friend? Is he in love with his brainy science project partner, and how can Mia compete with a girl who can clone fruit flies? Although Anne Hathaway's narration seems a bit stilted during the first few chapters, it picks up speed as she assumes Mia's character and mannerisms, resulting in a listening delight. With breathy speech that is a perfect mimic of "Valley Girl-speak," Hathaway proves herself more than capable of entering into the mind, heart, and soul of a princess in love.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Cindy Lombardo, Orrville Public Library, OH

From Booklist

Gr. 6-9. Fans of the first two installments of The Princess Diaries will be just as delighted with this new volume. Mia's voice is as strong as ever and the story line is more satisfying than the plot of Princess in the Spotlight. The diary picks up with a blow-by-blow account of Mia's two Thanksgiving celebrations and concludes with a jubilant entry written aboard the Royal Genovian jet on December 20. In between, readers will be captivated by two weeks' worth of Mia's fretting about her upcoming algebra final, her presentation to the Genovian people, and Kenny's tardiness in inviting her to the Albert Einstein High School Nondenominational Winter Dance. She also obsesses about Michael's relationship with his brilliant lab partner and gets even with her grandmother and an enterprising fashion designer. It's a good thing three more volumes of the diary are forthcoming, because Cabot has secured Mia's position as teen readers' new best friend. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Chris Sherman

From AudioFile

Welcome to the fairy tale world of THE PRINCESS DIARIES. In Volume III, Mia is simultaneously involved in all the December activities at Albert Einstein High School and preparing to travel to Genovia for her introduction to the populace as their princess. Finals, boyfriends, unrequited love, dress fittings, princess lessons, speech preparations, and the Nondenominational Winter Dance are but a few of the activities that fill Mia's days and nights. In the movie and in the recording, Anne Hathaway is the newly discovered Princess of Genovia, Mia Thermopolis. She portrays the teenager in such a genuine manner it is hard to consider Princess Mia beyond belief. Here is a poignant and sassy view of teenaged life. A.R.

Book Dimension

length: (cm)17.3 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)11.4