Series
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale · 3 novels · 2005–2015
Shannon Hale's Princess Academy trilogy (Princess Academy, 2005; Palace of Stone, 2009; The Forgotten Sisters, 2015) begins with Miri, a mountain quarry girl sent to a school built to prepare local girls for the chance that the prince will choose one of them as his bride. The sequels follow Miri to the capital, where she navigates court intrigue while studying, and then out to a remote swamp kingdom as tutor to three sisters caught up in a succession crisis.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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By decade
- 2000s1
- 2010s2
Shape
3 novels
1 author
reads like:fantasycoming of agesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedhopefulmiddle grade
Mood
Bright and calm: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 6%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Princess Academydarkest · most intense
- The Forgotten Sistersbrightest · calmest