Cabot, Meg. Princess in waiting.CABOT, Meg. Princess in waiting. (The Princess Diaries, Volume IV). HerperTrophy. 259p. c2003. 0-06-009609-8. $6.99. J To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: Fourteen-year-old Mia attends a fancy prep school in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , adores her cat, Fat Louie, and her new boyfriend, Michael Moscovitz--and has recently discovered that she's the heiress to the throne of the (fictitious) small European country of Genovia. In this fourth volume of Mia's breezy, funny Bridget Jones-like diary recounting her adventures, she reluctantly spends Christmas vacation in Genovia attending official functions (straying somewhat from her prepared Christmas Eve speech by proposing parking meters for the country), receiving more dreaded lessons in becoming a proper princess from her imperious im·pe·ri·ous adj. 1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial. 2. Urgent; pressing. 3. Obsolete Regal; imperial. grandmother, and pining for Michael. She isn't overly impressed with herself for being a princess (though she notes "scepter scepter symbol of regal or imperial power and authority. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority scepter denotes fairness and righteousness. [Heraldry: Halberts, 37] See : Justice excellent for pushing back cuticles"), and makes fun of her playboy royal cousin Rene, whom her grandmother sees as a suitable escort for her and she views as a pest. In one amusing bit, she comments on a movie made of her life, and its inaccurate portrayal of her grandmother as kindly--clearly a little dig at the popular Disney movie of The Princess Diaries. Back in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Mia and her friends try to come up with a role model for romance (Jane Eyre This article is about the Victorian novel. For other uses, see Jane Eyre (disambiguation). Jane Eyre is a classic romance novel by Charlotte Brontë that was published in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Company, London. , perhaps?), while Mia worries about her relationship with Michael and whether she has any talents at all. Needless to say, all ends happily. Fans of the series will be delighted to have more of Mia, and her chatty chat·ty adj. chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est 1. Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative. 2. Full of or in the style of light informal talk: a chatty letter. voice continues to charm. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT |
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