After a year at the palace, Miri and her friends are ready to return home to their beloved Mount Eskel. But when the king orders Miri to start her own princess academy in a faraway swamp for three royal cousins, she is utterly dismayed. She must go on this journey alone, away from everyone she loves and everything she knows.Miri's new students are not at all what she expected. Astrid, Felissa, and Sus are more interested in hunting, fishing, and wrestling than learning about etiquette and history, and they know next to nothing about their royal ancestry.As Miri spends more time with the girls, she starts to suspect that they are part of a long-buried secret, and that the key to solving it rests in her and the sisters' hands. With her new friends at her side, Miri must gather all her strength to solve the mystery--and finally make her way back home.Fans of Shannon Hale won't want to miss this gorgeously woven return to this best-selling, Newbery Honor-winning series.
Industry Reviews
"Powerful and deeply engaging." "--""Kirkus Reviews "on "Princess Academy: Palace of Stone""" ""Palace of Stone ". . . proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world." "--""School Library Journal" on "Princess Academy: Palace of Stone""" "The book is a fresh approach to the traditional princess story with unexpected plot twists and great emotional resonance." --2006 Newbery Committee on "Princess Academy" "This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale . . . . Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home." "--""School Library Journal", starred review, on "Princess Academy" "Shannon Hale's books reignite my love of reading--that joy of having the time of my life with a great story." --Stephenie Meyer, author of "Twilight" "Action packed and wellpaced, the story's depth incorporates artful negotiation, the importance of education, and citizens' equality and rights. This final installment of The Princess Academy trilogy certainly leaves room for more books if Hale were so inclined. Won't she reconsider?" "--Booklist," starred review "Powerful and deeply engaging." "--""Kirkus Reviews "on "Princess Academy: Palace of Stone""" ""Palace of Stone ." . . proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world." "--""School Library Journal" on "Princess Academy: Palace of Stone""" "The book is a fresh approach to the traditional princess story with unexpected plot twists and great emotional resonance." --2006 Newbery Committee on "Princess Academy" "This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale . . . . Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home." "--""School Library Journal," starred review, on "Princess Academy" Powerful and deeply engaging. "Palace of Stone" . . . proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world. This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale....Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home. Action packed and wellpaced, the story's depth incorporates artful negotiation, the importance of education, and citizens' equality and rights. This final installment of The Princess Academy trilogy certainly leaves room for more books if Hale were so inclined. Won't she reconsider?--starred review "Booklist " This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale. . . . Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home.--starred review "School Library Journal on PRINCESS ACADEMY " Action packed and wellpaced, the story's depth incorporates artful negotiation, the importance of education, and citizens' equality and rights. This final installment of The Princess Academy trilogy certainly leaves room for more books if Hale were so inclined. Won't she reconsider? starred review, "Booklist"
Miri, as spunky and smart as ever, returns in the final book of the award-winning Princess Academy trilogy. . . . Hale maintains her high quality of storytelling, with lots of action, plot twists and lyrical writing. . . . A laudable conclusion to a popular series. "Kirkus Reviews"
Powerful and deeply engaging. "Kirkus Reviews on PALACE OF STONE"
"Palace of Stone" . . . proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world. "School Library Journal on PALACE OF STONE"
"The book is a fresh approach to the traditional princess story with unexpected plot twists and great emotional resonance." 2006 Newbery Committee on PRINCESS ACADEMY
This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale. . . . Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home. starred review, "School Library Journal on PRINCESS ACADEMY"" "Action packed and wellpaced, the story's depth incorporates artful negotiation, the importance of education, and citizens' equality and rights. This final installment of The Princess Academy trilogy certainly leaves room for more books if Hale were so inclined. Won't she reconsider?" --starred review, "Booklist"
"Miri, as spunky and smart as ever, returns in the final book of the award-winning Princess Academy trilogy. . . . Hale maintains her high quality of storytelling, with lots of action, plot twists and lyrical writing. . . . A laudable conclusion to a popular series." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"Powerful and deeply engaging." --"Kirkus Reviews on PALACE OF STONE"
""Palace of Stone" . . . proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world." --"School Library Journal on PALACE OF STONE"
"The book is a fresh approach to the traditional princess story with unexpected plot twists and great emotional resonance." --2006 Newbery Committee on PRINCESS ACADEMY
"This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale. . . . Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home." --starred review, "School Library Journal on PRINCESS ACADEMY"
