**Newbery Honor Book**
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Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have
quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's
priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess.
In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from
among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy
on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to
become a princess.
Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 63,201
Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 6.0 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 10473
Lexile: 890L
PALACE OF STONE(PRINCESS ACADEMY #2)
Coming
down from the mountain to a new life in the city is a thrill to Miri.
She and her princess academy friends have been brought to Asland to
help the future princess Britta prepare for her wedding. Miri makes
friends but that only puts her in an awkward position, with torn
loyalties between those friends and the princess.
Word Count: 64,260Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 5.2 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 153169
compiled by Pam
updated April 2014
