Princess Academy — Content Guide for Parents
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- Gender rolesSupportingChallenges traditional roles
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
A Newbery Honor Winner
A New York Times Bestseller
In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Princess Academy series, Miri finds herself a sudden participant in a contest to find the next princess of the realm.
Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince will choose his bride from among the village girls.
The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. Winning the contest could give her everything she ever wanted--but it would mean leaving her home and family behind.
Don't miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale:
The Princess Academy trilogy
Princess Academy
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters
The Books of Bayern
The Goose Girl
Enna Burning
River Secrets
Forest Born
Book of a Thousand Days
Dangerous
Graphic Novels
with Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Rapunzel's Revenge
Calamity Jack
For Adults
Austenland
Midnight in Austenland
The Actor and the Housewife
Frequently asked questions
Is Princess Academy appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Bandits attack the academy, take the girls hostage, hit and threaten them, and a man's arm is broken; the teacher also smacks the girls' palms. Girls are held hostage by bandits and threatened with death, a man falls to his death from a cliff, and the girls are locked in closets as punishment.
Does Princess Academy have violence?
Found (Supporting): Bandits attack the academy, take the girls hostage, hit and threaten them, and a man's arm is broken; the teacher also smacks the girls' palms.
Does Princess Academy have scary content?
Found (Supporting): Girls are held hostage by bandits and threatened with death, a man falls to his death from a cliff, and the girls are locked in closets as punishment.
Does Princess Academy have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Princess Academy have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Princess Academy have profanity?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Princess Academy have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Princess Academy have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Princess Academy have gender roles?
Found (Supporting, Challenges traditional roles): The story reworks the princess tale, as girls train to be chosen as a prince's bride while they gain education and confidence that lets them improve their community.
Does Princess Academy have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
