I'm A Princess! -- Part 2

Last time I shared teen stories featuring princesses.  This week, I'm sharing chapter books for grade school kids about princesses.  Here are a few of our favorites . . . .

Princess in Black by Shannon Hale

Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when ... Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! A big blue monster is threatening the goats! Stopping monsters is no job for dainty Princess Magnolia. But luckily Princess Magnolia has a secret -- she's also the Princess in Black, and stopping monsters is the perfect job for her! Can the princess sneak away, transform into her alter ego, and defeat the monster before the nosy duchess discovers her secret?

Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson

Pennyroyal Academy: Seeking bold, courageous youths to become tomorrow's princesses and knights... Come one, come all! A girl from the forest arrives in a bustling kingdom with no name and no idea why she is there. She enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons. 

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye

At her christening a princess is given the gift of "ordinariness" by a fairy, and the consequences of that eventually take her to a nearby palace where, having run away to become a fourteenth assistant kitchen maid, she meets the prince for her.

More Princess Stories --

The Dragon Egg Princess by Ellen Oh

The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker

Frogged by Vivian Vande Velde

The Light Princess by George MacDonald

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Princess and the Foal by Stacy Gregg

Princess of the Swans by Diane Zahler

The Princess Protection Program by Alex London

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

I'm a Princess!

This week, we're sharing stories for teens about princesses.  Check out a few of our favorites . . . .

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay

After ten years of exile among fairies who teach her to use her magically-enhanced strength and courage, Sleeping Beauty's daughter Aurora enlists the help of Niklaas, eleventh son of King Eldorio, in the fight to reclaim her throne.

A Secret Princess by Margaret Stohl

Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll flee their repressive boarding school, intending to start over in the theaters of Paris, but they instead find themselves at Cedric's estate in Yorkshire, where a hidden garden helps them realize their destiny.

More Books --

The Accidental Highwayman by Ben Tripp

American Royals by Katherine McGee

Dead Upon a Time by Elizabeth M. Paulson

Ever Curse by Corey Ann Haydu

The Girl King by Mimi Yu

The Illustrated Girl by Josephine Angelini

The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning

Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers

The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne

It's the End of the World!!!!

 This week, I'm sharing dystopian novels for teens about the end of the world as they know it.  Check out a few of our favorites . . . . 

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
 What if the football hadn't gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn't want anyone to know. But when Standish and his only friend and neighbor, Hector, make their way to the other side of the wall, they see what the Motherland has been hiding. And it's big.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

In this twist on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic short story, a wealthy teenaged girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow an oppressive government, and faces the threat of a new plague.

More Books --

All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp

Beware the Night by Jessika Fleck

The Chasm by Jacqui Castle

Enclave by Ann Aguirre

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

The Hive by Barry Lyga

The Memory Index by Julia R. Vaca

Rise of the Hand by Olivia Chadha

Shards and Ashes edited by Melissa Marr
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero