Princess in Love (The Princess Diaries, Vol. 3)
It would seem that 14-year-old Mia Thermopolis ("five foot nine inches  tall, with no visible breasts, feet the size of snowshoes") has the kind of life  every Manhattan teenager could only dream of: She is, in her spare time, the  princess of the European country of Genovia. Alas, the Royal Privilege is more  like a Predicament. Not only does she have to endure daily princess lessons from  her critical Grandmère ("It isn't as if I'm going to show up at the  castle and start hurling olives at the ladies-in-waiting"), but her new  stepfather is also her algebra teacher, her mother is pregnant and vomiting, she  doesn't like her boyfriend very much, and she's convinced the real love of her  life--her best friend's older brother--thinks of her as a kid.Written in diary form like Louise Rennison's award-winningAngus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal  Snogging, Meg Cabot's endearing and often hilarious novelPrincess in  Love--third in the series afterThe Princess DiariesandPrincess in the Spotlight--is  sure to appeal to teen readers who will be able to relate to Mia--a young woman  who would like people to know that "behind this mutant facade beats the heart of  a person who is striving, just like everybody else in this world, to find  self-actualization." (Ages 12 and older)--Karin Snelson