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Princesses

Handsome princes, adoring subjects, tiaras…what’s not to love? If you’re convinced you should have been a princess, check out one of these stories about young royals.

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Book Cover The Princetta
By Bondoux, Anne-Laure
2006/07 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
158234924X Find in the Library

Shipwrecks, shark attacks, barbarians, and mysterious archipelagos await readers in this lavish fantasy-adventure written by one of France's most celebrated authors.

. The Princess & the Pauper
By Brian, Kate
2005/05 - Simon Pulse
1416905200 Find in the Library

Shabby...chic?

Carina, a real European princess, is dying to hook up with the sexy American rock star she met online. Too bad about all those bodyguards watching her every move. Then Carina spots her down-and-out near-twin, Julia. For a fast ten grand, Julia grabs the gown and the crown, and the girls swap identities for a day.

Before long Princess Carina is trapped on a skeevy bus full of roadies, and Pauper Julia is jetting off to...some small foreign country?

Only a storybook ending can get these two posers back to where they belong.



Book Cover Avielle of Rhia
By Calhoun, Dia
2006/10 - Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
0761453202 Find in the Library

With her silver skin and silver hair, fifteen-year-old Princess Avielle of Rhia resembles her Dredonian great-great grandmother who practiced evil magic. Everyone in Rhia expects Avielle to turn evil, too. Shunned by those around her, she feels unloved and unable to love others. In addition, she fears that Rhia will go to war with Dredonia, which suffers under the rule of evil wizard-priests: the Brethren of the Black Cloaks. They have placed impossible demands upon Rhia, but the king and queen have refused to acquiesce. One terrible night, the Brethren attack, killing the royal family and hundreds of others. Only Avielle escapes. She must keep her identity secret to avoid death from the enemy. While hiding among the common people, she learns that she has a magical gift for weaving. But will this gift, rooted in her Dredonian blood, lead

Book Cover The Decoy Princess
By Cook, Dawn
2005/12 - Ace Books
0441013554 Find in the Library

In this first title of an all-new series, Princess Contessa's dreams of living happily ever after by marrying a prince are shattered when her "parents" reveal that she's actually a street urchin they raised as their daughter to thwart assassins from their real target. Original.

Book Cover Once Upon a Marigold
By Ferris, Jean
2004/06 - Harcourt Paperbacks
0152050841 Find in the Library

In this witty spoof of fairy tales, Christian, a commoner, falls for Princess Marigold, and it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom.

Book Cover Just Ella
By Haddix, Margaret Peterson
2007/03 - Simon Pulse
1416936491 Find in the Library

This retelling of a beloved fairy tale finds 15-year-old Ella discovering that accepting the Prince's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette.

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The Faerie Path
By Jones, Frewin
2007/02 - Eos
0060871024 Find in the Library

A magical story of love, bravery, and discovering one's destiny, this first novel in a magical new series for teens introduces Tania, the lost princess of Faerie, who is torn between two loves and two worlds.

Book Cover Water Shaper
By McCaffrey, Laura Williams
2006/04 - Clarion Books
0618614893 Find in the Library

This mesmerizing fantasy features two narrators--an outcast princess and a rebellious storyteller---set in a convincing and beautifully realized world featuring elements of Celtic folklore.

Book Cover Princess Resurrection: Volume 1
By Mitsunaga, Yasunori
Yamashita, Satsuki
Fialkov, Joshua Hale
2007/05 - Del Rey Books
0345496647 Find in the Library

Werewolves, vampires, and demons are all frightened of Princess Hime, the beautiful heroine of this new manga series who fights off evil with a chainsaw and a smile. Shes on a mission, with the help of her undead servant and a supercute robot. Older teens.

Book Cover Girl in a Cage
By Yolen, Jane
Harris, Robert J.
2004/08 - Puffin Books
0142401323 Find in the Library

When her father, Robert the Bruce, becomes King of Scotland, Marjorie Bruce becomes a princess. But Edward Longshanks, the ruthless King of England, has set his sights on Robert and his family. Marjorie is captured and imprisoned in a wooden cage in the center of a town square, exposed to wind, rain, the taunts of the townspeople, and the scorn of Longshanks himself. Marjorie knows that despite her suffering and pain, she is the daughter of noble Robert the Bruce&150and she will make her father, and her country, proud. For a true princess is a princess, whether in a castle or in a cage.