a b Blasingame, James (March 2010). "Interview with Shannon Hale about "Rapunzel's Revenge" ". Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 53 (6): 518–520. JSTOR 25614598. a b "2006 Newbery Medal and Honor Books". Association for Library Service for Children . Retrieved 20 January 2011. This finale was everything a fangirl could hope for. Shannon Hale beautifully wrapped up such a treasured trilogy with a wave of her magic wand, sending me into bittersweet tears. She made it clear that this is the last book for this series and I will dearly miss the characters, the world, the overall story like I miss my dog. Until the reread. *three fingered salute*

Though I liked Marda's character, I think she could have had a little more dialogue and action in the story. Though I guess she did break her leg Great Graphic Novels for Teens". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021 . Retrieved April 3, 2023. Surprises. This book actually did not surprise me all that much. I predicted pretty much everything. Except the part about the bandits.I thought the author did a wonderful job of including most of the (20) girls in all the dialogue and I felt I got to know them all fairly well! :) (I feel like I would be really bad at that though XDD) The trumpets sound from the village and Miri—along with her best friend and secret crush, Peder—runs over to see what's going on. They find out that the high priests of Danland have declared that the next princess will come from Mount Eskel (their territory), and that all girls ages twelve to seventeen are required to attend a princess academy for the next year so that they can learn fine manners and be ready for the prince's selection in a year's time.

Religious & Supernatural - 7 Incidents: "A slight against the god who made it," referring to a flower. "This past summer, the priests of the creator god took council on the birthday of the prince. They read the omens and divined the home of his future bride." "After days of fasting and supplication, the priests perform a rite to divine ..." "Its ancient wood door carved with the story of the creator god first speaking to people." Mentions creator god. Mentions priests. "Why didn't the priests divine your own town Lonway...?" Rappleye, Christine (2015-02-24). "Shannon Hale shares lessons learned along the way to publishing third Princess Academy book". Deseret News . Retrieved 2020-04-30. Hale first came up with the idea for Princess Academy while writing her first novel, The Goose Girl; her husband, Dean Hale, was reading a fiction book about a tutor to a princess, which prompted Hale to develop the idea of a group of "princesses in training". [2] Her first draft didn't include the concept of "quarry-speech" and was added in the second. Hale drew from the similar concepts of speaking through wind, fire, and water found in her Books of Bayern series to develop this idea of communicating through stone. She has said that the fictional nation of Danland is "in the same world as Bayern but on a different continent and in a different time". [3] Writing the songs that appear at the beginning of each chapter took Hale about a year. She also drew upon her own experience growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, when writing about Mount Eskel and used medieval Scandinavian names for many of the characters. [3] Plot summary [ edit ] A video interview with Shannon Hale | AdLit.org". www.adlit.org. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020 . Retrieved July 27, 2020. AML Award Winners". Dawning of a Brighter Day. Association for Mormon Letters. July 24, 2022. Archived from the original on July 24, 2022 . Retrieved September 24, 2022.

a b Hale, Shannon (2015). "A conversation with Shannon Hale". Princess Academy. New York, New York: Bloomsbury USA. pp.308–309. ISBN 9781619636132. The girls who live in the swamp tend to have playful wrestling matches with each other in which there is much rolling around and pinning each other to the ground, but no one is hurt. Notable Children's Books". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . Retrieved 2020-04-20. Author Profile - Shannon Hale". Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators Newsletter. Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016 . Retrieved July 10, 2007. Other Princesses: Minnie Mouse • Tiger Lily • Maid Marian • Eilonwy • Daughters of Triton • Megara • Melody • Sally • Kida Nedakh • Ting-Ting, Su, and Mei • Kilala Reno • Kairi • Princess of Gentlehaven • Nancy Tremaine • Vanellope von Schweetz • Sofia • Anna • Elsa • Elena

This book focuses on making a difference even if you are small and finding out what you are good at. It's about finding courage and strength in those who may fail around us. And most importantly, it's about the gift of books and learning. Shannon did an amazing job at reflecting these issues in all of the characters. It seemed each had their spotlight and for a middle grade book, I thought each character was well rounded with perfect arcs in this age group. Lodge, Sally (19 Feb 2015). "Q & A with Shannon Hale". www.publishersweekly.com . Retrieved 2020-04-30. a b c d e f "AML Awards 2000 – 2001". Dawning of a Brighter Day. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023 . Retrieved February 5, 2023. a b Ward, Barbara A.; Young, Terrell A. (June 4, 2008). "Talking with Shannon Hale". American Library Association. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020 . Retrieved April 9, 2020.AML Awards #4: Comics and Picture Books". Dawning of a Brighter Day. Association for Mormon Letters. February 27, 2018. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020 . Retrieved May 11, 2020. This is now the top review on Goodreads for this book and I'm so incredibly grateful that almost fifty people thought my hilarious review from middle school was worthy of praising. This series still means so much to me, but this being my most successful review on Goodreads after six years of steadfast writing makes me even more emo about The Princess Academy. <3 The next time the traders come, the girls head home to oversee the trading, and to everyone's relief, the traders give the villagers more money for their linder. Miri witnesses a quarry accident that her sister Marda is in. Marda has a hurt leg, and Doter—Peder and Esa's mom—pulls Miri aside to explain why her father won't let her into the quarry: her mom died from injuries from working in the quarry, and Miri looks just like her. Her father can't bear to let her go into the quarry for fear that she'll be hurt. Miri spends her time at home looking after Marda.

Other Heroines: Alice • Wendy Darling • Tinker Bell • Nala • Nakoma • Esmeralda • Jane Porter • Giselle • Mirabel Madrigal Butler, Kiera (July 13, 2023). "Are You There, God? It's Me, Shannon Hale". Mother Jones . Retrieved July 22, 2023. After some time though, Miri starts to excel at her lessons. She finds that she loves to read and spends all of her free time in the classroom going through Tutor Olana's books and reading about the history of Danland. She also starts to figure out how to use quarry-speech—the way that villagers communicate with each other silently when they're working in the quarries. I couldn't get around the unseemly and awkward phrasing, so bad I couldn't enjoy the story. My impression is that the author is not well-read; her word-usage is just slightly off. The combination of bulky sentence structure and jarring words felt pretentious to me. The poetry, intended as quarry-work songs, was nauseatingly trite. Ech! Unfortunately, these aren't sporadic issues, they inundate the entire novel. Definitely could have used more editing. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [32] She stopped attending the LDS church shortly after the 2016 United States presidential election, having disagreed with her community's apparent tolerance of misogyny and intolerance of LGBTQ people, but she still considers herself a Mormon. [33] In a 2014 interview, Hale said that she doesn't "consciously make storytelling choices based on the [LDS] Church." [17] In writing her graphic novel memoirs of her childhood, Hale decided to include visual references to her religious upbringing, like her family attending church. Despite being asked to remove the references, Hale decided to retain them, stating that "to erase [them] felt like a lie." [34]Messner, Kate (May 12, 2017). "The Perils of Social Life Begin in Kindergarten". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020 . Retrieved April 9, 2020. Linder/Quarry-speech. That was sooo awesome. From the blurb, I wasn't even expecting that. But then again, I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting... Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017". Booklist. January 1, 2018. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022 . Retrieved April 3, 2023.