ReviewsCabot manages to combine wit and lavish details to positive effect...newcomers to the Cabot magic will be charmed. A sweet fantasy, both funny and highly satisfying ., The nation of Genovia gains a new resident in this amusing spin-off...Cabot's own black and white cartoons further enliven Olivia's entertaining and candid notebook entries, which will have readers looking forward to her future escapades., Author Meg Cabot is ready to put her tiara back on [with] a new character, Olivia Grace. She's a middle-school girl in New Jersey who discovers she is Princess Mia's long-lost half-sister. And much like her older sister, she will be thrust into the royal spotlight and will chronicle the adventure in a journal, complete with drawings., This sweet and sassy spin-off featuring the younger half-sister of Princess Mia Thermopolis ...will be a perfect fit for Fancy Nancy alumni and readers not quite ready for Cabot's longer novels., "Author Meg Cabot is ready to put her tiara back on [with] a new character, Olivia Grace. She's a middle-school girl in New Jersey who discovers she is Princess Mia's long-lost half-sister. And much like her older sister, she will be thrust into the royal spotlight and will chronicle the adventure in a journal, complete with drawings." - USA Today, Reading [Cabot's] effortless writing style was like catching up with your best friend in the hallway after a long weekend. ... Through her books and heroines, Cabot offered escapism and empowerment right when I needed it most., "Reading [Cabot's] effortless writing style was like catching up with your best friend in the hallway after a long weekend. ... Through her books and heroines, Cabot offered escapism and empowerment right when I needed it most." -CNN.com, "The nation of Genovia gains a new resident in this amusing spin-off...Cabot's own black and white cartoons further enliven Olivia's entertaining and candid notebook entries, which will have readers looking forward to her future escapades." -- Publishers Weekly "Cabot manages to combine wit and lavish details to positive effect...newcomers to the Cabot magic will be charmed. A sweet fantasy, both funny and highly satisfying ." -- Kirkus "Olivia, who's biracial, is a lively, engaging character whose peppy, often-wry diary-style narrative details her experiences and progressive discoveries about her background, royal life, and the true meaning of family....this entertaining, quickly absorbing read will have readers anticipating the sequel." -- Booklist "Author Meg Cabot is ready to put her tiara back on [with] a new character, Olivia Grace. She's a middle-school girl in New Jersey who discovers she is Princess Mia's long-lost half-sister. And much like her older sister, she will be thrust into the royal spotlight and will chronicle the adventure in a journal, complete with drawings." -- USA Today "This sweet and sassy spin-off featuring the younger half-sister of Princess Mia Thermopolis ...will be a perfect fit for Fancy Nancy alumni and readers not quite ready for Cabot's longer novels." -- School Library Journal "Olivia has an amusing and self-deprecating wit that makes the narration breezy and accessible, and Cabot's black and white illustrations liven up the tale. Youngsters who aspire to be the next Kate Middleton will find this enchanting and perhaps instructional." -- BCCB, Meg Cabot:"Meg Cabot . . . reigning grande dame of teenage chick lit, has too many best-selling series to keep track of." - The New York Times Recent press about From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess and Royal Wedding, Princess Diaries XI :"After a five-year break, author Meg Cabot is ready to put her tiara back on." - USA Today "It's time to plan a return trip to Genovia." - Entertainment Weekly "With a new middle grade series, the original YA books and an adult novel, there will soon be a "Princess Diaries" book for nearly every age group, except for toddlers and elementary school readers." - The Wall Street Journal The Princess Diaries series:"The series has spent a combined 82 weeks on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. More than 5 million copies have been sold in the USA and 15 million worldwide. The books became ingrained in popular culture when Mia's story was told in two movies - The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), starring Anne Hathaway as Mia and Julie Andrews as her grandmother." -USA Today"Readers will relate to Mia's bubbly, chatty voice and enjoy the humor of this unlikely fairy tale. . . . this funny, fast-paced book should appeal to hip young women, including reluctant readers." - School Library Journal "Reading her journal is like reading a note from your best friend. Cabot has a fine grasp of teen dialect (and punctuation), an off-the-wall sense of humor that will have readers laughing out loud, and a knack for creating fully realized teen and adult characters that readers will miss when the story ends." - Booklist "Mia's wonderfully funny and oblivious diary entries chart her progression from an awkward, shy pushover to a princess who speaks her own mind. . . [a] breezy, fun read." - VOYA, Reading her journal is like reading a note from your best friend. Cabot has ... an off-the-wall sense of humor that will have readers laughing out loud, and a knack for creating fully realized characters that readers will miss when the story ends.
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SynopsisR eturn to the world of Meg Cabot's bestselling and beloved Princess Diaries series in From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess-- this time through the illustrated diary of a spunky new heroine: Princess Mia's long lost half-sister, Olivia! Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison is a completely average twelve-year-old: average height, average weight, average brown hair of average length, average brown skin and average hazel eyes. The only things about her that aren't average are her name (too long and princess themed), her ability to draw animals (useful for her future career as a wildlife illustrator), and the fact that she is a half-orphan who has never met her father and is forced to live with her aunt and uncle (who treat her almost like their own kids, so she doesn't want to complain). Then one completely average day, everything goes wrong: the most popular girl in school, Annabelle Jenkins, threatens to beat her up, the principal gives her a demerit, and she's knocked down at the bus stop . . . Until a limo containing Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia pulls up to invite her to New York to finally meet her father, who promptly invites her to come live with him, Mia, Grandmère and her two fabulous poodles . . . . Maybe Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison isn't so average after all!, Return to the world of Meg Cabot's bestselling and beloved Princess Diaries series in From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess-- this time through the illustrated diary of a spunky new heroine: Princess Mia's long lost half-sister, Olivia Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison is a completely average twelve-year-old: average height, average weight, average brown hair of average length, average brown skin and average hazel eyes. The only things about her that aren't average are her name (too long and princess themed), her ability to draw animals (useful for her future career as a wildlife illustrator), and the fact that she is a half-orphan who has never met her father and is forced to live with her aunt and uncle (who treat her almost like their own kids, so she doesn't want to complain). Then one completely average day, everything goes wrong: the most popular girl in school, Annabelle Jenkins, threatens to beat her up, the principal gives her a demerit, and she's knocked down at the bus stop . . . Until a limo containing Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia pulls up to invite her to New York to finally meet her father, who promptly invites her to come live with him, Mia, Grandm re and her two fabulous poodles . . . . Maybe Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison isn't so average after all, Return to the world of Meg Cabot's bestselling and beloved Princess Diaries series, this time through the illustrated diary of a spunky new heroine--Princess Mia's long lost half-sister, Olivia!
LC Classification NumberPZ7.C11165Fr 2015