The Princess Diaries, Volume IV: Princess in Waiting
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The Princess Diaries, Volume IV: Princess in Waiting, released in the United Kingdom as The Princess Diaries: Mia Goes Forth, is a young adult
book in the critically acclaimed Princess Diaries
series. Written by Meg Cabot
, it was released in 2003 by Harper Collins Publishers and is the fourth book in the series.
girl who can surf and weave bracelets. This makes Mia completely freak out. Grandmere finds out and tells her that the way to keep "that boy" is to play hard to get. Not completely convinced about it Grandmere tells her to read Jane Eyre
. Mia and her friend Tina decide to try this method. It doesn't end up great though for Tina. When Mia finally arrives home she is extremely happy, even more so when Michael asks her out to the screening room to see the first Star Wars
movie. During her "Gifted and Talented" class Mia comes to a very scary realization (one that isn't true) that she doesn't have one talent. Lilly tells her that she does have one and it is staring her in the face (in this case literally because she was writing in her diary at the time.) But Mia can't figure it out. Then Mia finds out that there is a ball that she has to attend (according to Grandmere not her Dad) and can't go on her date with Michael. She is hesitant to tell Michael, scared that it will hurt their relationship. Then her Dad says that she doesn't have to go to the ball but in sympathy for Grandmere and her own "Lana" she goes to the ball. She finally tells Michael that she can't go their date but could come over after. After this she thinks he is going to break up with her because he seems distracted. At the ball Mia dances with Rene and he helps her to escape as early as possible. When she goes to Michael's, she still had doubts on whether Michael was in love with her or if he just loved her as a friend. Michael kisses her and confirms that he really was in love with Mia after all. Mia is thrilled that Michael did not want to break up with her but rather had to find the Star Wars
DVD
. She is so happy she goes into the bathroom and writes in her diary for a long time. Lilly, being annoyed that Mia is hogging the bathroom to write, asks in disbelief why Mia hasn't figured out what her talent is and stomps off. Michael comes in and asks Mia why Lilly is mad and Mia says it's because she hasn't figured out what her secret talent is. Michael then tells her that her talent is her writing. On hearing this she is even more happy. She thinks she might write a novel
.
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
book in the critically acclaimed Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries is a series of epistolary novels by Meg Cabot in the chick-lit and young-adult fiction genre, and the title of the first volume, published in 2000....
series. Written by Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot is anAmerican author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teens and adults and used to write under several pen names, but now writes exclusively under her real name, Meg Cabot...
, it was released in 2003 by Harper Collins Publishers and is the fourth book in the series.
Plot
Mia goes a little stir-crazy in Genovia. Between dinners with world leaders and trying to do some damage control with the whole "pit thing" she hardly has time to talk to Michael (also the huge time difference). Mia is convinced that when he said that he loved her at the dance he might not mean that he was in love with her, even though there was some mentionable kissing. She thinks that he is going to meet some Kate BosworthishKate Bosworth
Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth is an American actress. Bosworth starred in the television series Young Americans, in which she played Bella Banks. She became known with a leading role in 2002's Blue Crush. The following year, Bosworth played the teenage girlfriend of porn star John Holmes in...
girl who can surf and weave bracelets. This makes Mia completely freak out. Grandmere finds out and tells her that the way to keep "that boy" is to play hard to get. Not completely convinced about it Grandmere tells her to read Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England, in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the title Jane Eyre. An Autobiography under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was released the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York...
. Mia and her friend Tina decide to try this method. It doesn't end up great though for Tina. When Mia finally arrives home she is extremely happy, even more so when Michael asks her out to the screening room to see the first Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
movie. During her "Gifted and Talented" class Mia comes to a very scary realization (one that isn't true) that she doesn't have one talent. Lilly tells her that she does have one and it is staring her in the face (in this case literally because she was writing in her diary at the time.) But Mia can't figure it out. Then Mia finds out that there is a ball that she has to attend (according to Grandmere not her Dad) and can't go on her date with Michael. She is hesitant to tell Michael, scared that it will hurt their relationship. Then her Dad says that she doesn't have to go to the ball but in sympathy for Grandmere and her own "Lana" she goes to the ball. She finally tells Michael that she can't go their date but could come over after. After this she thinks he is going to break up with her because he seems distracted. At the ball Mia dances with Rene and he helps her to escape as early as possible. When she goes to Michael's, she still had doubts on whether Michael was in love with her or if he just loved her as a friend. Michael kisses her and confirms that he really was in love with Mia after all. Mia is thrilled that Michael did not want to break up with her but rather had to find the Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
. She is so happy she goes into the bathroom and writes in her diary for a long time. Lilly, being annoyed that Mia is hogging the bathroom to write, asks in disbelief why Mia hasn't figured out what her talent is and stomps off. Michael comes in and asks Mia why Lilly is mad and Mia says it's because she hasn't figured out what her secret talent is. Michael then tells her that her talent is her writing. On hearing this she is even more happy. She thinks she might write a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
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