Princess Academy

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale

First published 2005Original language EN

7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 10136 ratingsConfidence 48%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
314
Pages
about 6 h
Reading time

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About the book

Princess Academy is a fantasy novel exploring themes of families, relationships, and education by Shannon Hale published on June 16, 2005, by Bloomsbury. It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Miri who attends a princess academy that will determine who wins the hand of the prince. The book was named a 2006 Newbery Honor winner as well as a New York Times Bestseller. It is the first in the Princess Academy series, followed by Princess Academy: Palace of Stone and Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters.

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  1. Princess Academy
    Princess Academy2005 · 136 ratingsThis book
    7.97.9 / 10
  2. Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
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  3. Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters
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Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.8 across 136 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 48% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.116 12%
Hardcover7.8120 88%

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It has 314 pages — shorter than 93% of the ranked books in Fantasy.

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