Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale, 326 pages
Miri is excited to be able to return home after her year at the
palace but just before she leaves she is ordered to go to Lesser Alva and tutor
three sisters, cousins of Prince Steffan. One of them is to be the bride
of a rival king as part of a treaty to prevent war. Miri reluctantly
agrees but is dismayed to find three wild girls who are used to trapping
caimans and hunting in the swamp who know absolutely nothing about court.
Miri isn't sure that she is capable of making these girls ready to marry
anyone, especially a king, but as she gets to know them she isn't sure that she
wants them to be ready. As she becomes friends with Astrid, Felissa, and
Sus, she feels it unfair that one of them will be forced into marriage with
someone they don't know but if she fails, Miri could lose everything dear to
her and be responsible for not preventing war. I thought this was a good,
solid addition to the Princess Academy series. This could easily be
the last book as everything is pretty well wrapped up, but there could
be more books also. Older elementary or younger teens, especially
girls, who like fantasy type stories will enjoy it.
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