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Description edit
She's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom…
NEWS FLASH: Dad is prince of Genovia. (So that's why a limo meets her at the airport!)
DOWNER: Dad can't have any more kids. (So there's no heir to the throne.)
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Summary edit
Mia lives in New York city and leads a normal life, at least as normal as you can get when you're in high school. Her divoriced father visits and tells her how he can no longer have children, making Mia the single heir to the throne.
Characters/People edit
- Amelia 'Mia' Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldo: An average girl who finds out she is a princess when her dad gets testicular cancer and cannot produce any more children. Has to go through 'training lessons' and avoid paparazzi.
- Lana Weinberger: A mean girl at Mia's school; Freshman, cheerleader; Popular girl, dates Josh Richter
- Mr Frank Gianini: Mia's Math Teacher
- Helen Thermopolis: Mia's mother, artist, slightly erratic, irresponsible
- Josh Richter: Boy that Mia has a crush on; Dating Lana Weinburger
- Lars: Mia's bodyguard
- Lilly Moscovitz: Mia's best friend; activist
- Carol Fernandez: Reporter
- Boris Pelkowski: Lilly's boyfriend
- Norman: Has a foot fetish and is Lilly's stalker
- Diana: Add a description of this character.
- Philippe Renaldo: Mia's father, Prince of Genovia
- Principal Gupta: Head of Mia's school
- Dowager Princess Clarisse Renaldo A.K.A. Grandmere: Mia's grandmother, Dowager Princess of Genovia
- Pavlov: Michael's dog
- Mrs Hill: Mia's G&T Teacher
- Wahim: Tina's bodyguard
- Michael Moscovitz: Lily's brother, writes online magazine Crackhead, senior, grade A student; Going to join Columbia University next fall
- Tina Hakim Baba: One of Mia's friends. Also has a bodyguard because her father is a rich oil sheik
- Dr. Morty Moscovitz: Lilly and Michael's father
- Dr. Ruth Moscovitz: Lilly and Michael's mother
- Josh Ritchter: A popular jock at Mia's high school whom Mia has a huge crush on.
Quotes edit
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“Whatever comes cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
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“Fear of new things is not an accurate measure of one's potential growth.”
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“Ode to AlgebraThrust into this dingy classroomwe die like lampless mothslocked into the desolation offluorescent lights and metal desks.Ten minutes until the bell rings.What use is the quadratic formula in our daily lives?Can we use it to unlock the secretsin the hearts of those we love?Five minutes until the bell rings.Cruel Algebra teacher,won't you let us go?”
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“Love can do strange things to people.”
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“What to Do During AlgebraO what to do during Algebra!The possibilities are limitless:There's drawing, and yawning,and portable chess.There's dozing, and dreaming,and feeling confused.There's humming, andstrumming,and looking bemused.You can stare at the clock.You can hum a little song.I've tried just about everythingto pass the time along.BUT NOTHING WORKS!!!!!!”
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“A princess should always be prepared to compromise.”
Clarisse Grimaldi Renaldo via Mia Thermopolis
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Boris: (leaning out of the supply closet) Excuse me. I accidentally knocked over a bottle of rubber cement with my bow, and it’s getting hard to breathe. Can I come out now? Everyone in the G & T room: NO!!!
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What kind of name is Paolo, anyway? I mean, this is America, for Pete’s sake! YOUR NAME IS PAUL!!!
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So what I want to know is, if my dad’s a prince, how come I have to learn Algebra? I mean, seriously.
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I didn’t want the fruit, though, so I gave it to a homeless man I saw on the subway on my way back down to the Village. I don’t think the homeless man wanted the fruit either, since he threw it all in the gutter and just kept the basket to use as a hat.
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I have really bad hair that isn’t curly or straight; it’s sort of triangular, so I have to wear it really short or I look like a Yield sign.
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I wonder if Tina Hakim Baba will still sit with me at lunch. Well, if she does, at least our bodyguards will have something to do: They can compare civilian defense tactics.
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Still, people who have heard of Genovia like to go there because it’s so beautiful.
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What’s she going to say when she sees Fat Louie? He sleeps in bed with me every night. If he ever jumped on my face, he’d kill me instantly. He weighs twenty-five pounds and seven ounces, and that’s before he’s had his can of Fancy Feast in the morning.
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But Mom’s been depressed ever since her last boyfriend turned out to be a Republican.
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I really think they should move Lilly up a grade, but she says she likes being a freshman. She says this way she has four whole years to make observations on the adolescent condition in post–Cold War America.
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Setting & Locations edit
- New York City: Where Mia lives.
- Manhattan
- America
- Central Park
- Albert Einstein High School: Where Mia attends high school.
- Genovia: The country which Mia is a princess of.
First Sentence edit
Sometimes it seems like all I ever do is lie.
Table of Contents edit
Written as journal entries.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 17 in The Princess Diaries. (standard series)
Followed by Princess in the Spotlight.
This is book 99 of 82 in BBC "Big Read" Top 100 Novels. (authoritative list)
This is book 99 of 200 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Country: England
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 978-0-330-48205-9
Page Count: 230
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Country: England
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 978-0-330-48205-9
Page Count: 230
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThe later books in the series are not appropriate for under 12.
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