description: 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 no heir to the throne.)Shock of the Century: Like it or not, Mia Thermopolis is prime princess material.Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmére, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne.Well, her father can lecture her until he's royal-blue in the face about her princessly duty--no way is she moving to Genovia and leaving Manhattan behind. But what's a girl to do when her name is Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo?
language: English
title: The Princess Diaries
titlecomplete: The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
characters: Helen Thermopolis, Tina Hakim Baba, "Grandmère" Clarisse Renaldo, Frank Gianini, Mia Thermopolis, Lilly Moscovitz, Michael Moscovitz
genres: Fiction, Humor, Contemporary, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Chick Lit, Romance, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 251434
places: Manhattan, New York City, New York
series: The Princess Diaries
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Evergreen Teen Book Award
publisher: Macmillan Audio Books