The Princess Diaries, Volume IX: Princess Mia
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The Princess Diaries, Volume IX: Princess Mia, released in the United Kingdom as The Princess Diaries: To The Nines, is a young adult
book in the critically acclaimed Princess Diaries
series. Written by Meg Cabot
, it was released in the USA on December 26, 2007 by Harper Collins Publishers and is the ninth novel in the series.
is having a bad time. She's failing Chemistry and Pre-Calculus, Michael has moved to Japan thinking she hates him, Lilly isn't speaking to her, someone has set up a hate site about her at www.ihatemiathermopolis.com, and Grandmere expects her to give a speech to the Domina Rei, the world's most exclusive women's society. Even when she goes to the theatre with J.P. as friends, it ends up all over the gossip magazines. When Michael finally calls, he decides it is best that they stay "just friends". Unable to cope, Mia retreats to her room, begins binge-eating, and refuses to go to school for four days.
Eventually, Mia's family steps in. Her father takes her to see a cowboy psychologist, Dr. Knutz, who convinces Mia to return to school and try to move on with her life. Mia realizes she has depression, and returns to school, where Lilly still refuses to have anything to do with her. However, friendship comes from an unexpected direction: Lana Weinberger, Mia's enemy, offers her the olive branch, explaining that the main reason she disliked Mia was because of Lilly. Soon, the two have become friends. Kenny (who begins dating Lilly) causes the chemistry lab to explode during a class but right before that, J.P. tells Mia that he loves her; Mia is glad, but she explains that she is not yet ready for a new relationship.
Meanwhile, as Mia is preparing for her speech to the Domina Rei, she discovers an old ancestress; Princess Amelie, who ruled Genovia for twelve days while she was only sixteen, before dying of the bubonic plague. By reading Amelie's diary, Mia discovers something shocking; over four hundred years ago, the princess legally changed Genovia from an absolute monarchy
to a constitutional monarchy
, led by a Prime Minister. However, her father refuses to accept the document's legality, and when Mia asks Lilly for help, she publicly humiliates her and reveals that she is the one behind www.ihatemiathermopolis.com. This effectively ends the girls' friendship, with Mia turning back to Tina and Lana instead.
Dr. Knutz helps Mia decide to reveal Princess Amelie's story to the Domina Rei in her speech; this brave act earns her an invitation to join, and an e-mail from Michael, to which Mia finally replies with a little happiness.
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 the USA on December 26, 2007 by Harper Collins Publishers and is the ninth novel in the series.
Plot Summary
Mia ThermopolisMia Thermopolis
Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, Crown Princess of Genovia , commonly known as Mia Thermopolis, is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Princess Diaries novels by Meg Cabot...
is having a bad time. She's failing Chemistry and Pre-Calculus, Michael has moved to Japan thinking she hates him, Lilly isn't speaking to her, someone has set up a hate site about her at www.ihatemiathermopolis.com, and Grandmere expects her to give a speech to the Domina Rei, the world's most exclusive women's society. Even when she goes to the theatre with J.P. as friends, it ends up all over the gossip magazines. When Michael finally calls, he decides it is best that they stay "just friends". Unable to cope, Mia retreats to her room, begins binge-eating, and refuses to go to school for four days.
Eventually, Mia's family steps in. Her father takes her to see a cowboy psychologist, Dr. Knutz, who convinces Mia to return to school and try to move on with her life. Mia realizes she has depression, and returns to school, where Lilly still refuses to have anything to do with her. However, friendship comes from an unexpected direction: Lana Weinberger, Mia's enemy, offers her the olive branch, explaining that the main reason she disliked Mia was because of Lilly. Soon, the two have become friends. Kenny (who begins dating Lilly) causes the chemistry lab to explode during a class but right before that, J.P. tells Mia that he loves her; Mia is glad, but she explains that she is not yet ready for a new relationship.
Meanwhile, as Mia is preparing for her speech to the Domina Rei, she discovers an old ancestress; Princess Amelie, who ruled Genovia for twelve days while she was only sixteen, before dying of the bubonic plague. By reading Amelie's diary, Mia discovers something shocking; over four hundred years ago, the princess legally changed Genovia from an absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government in which the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority as head of state and head of government, his or her power not being limited by a constitution or by the law. An absolute monarch thus wields unrestricted political power over the...
to a constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution...
, led by a Prime Minister. However, her father refuses to accept the document's legality, and when Mia asks Lilly for help, she publicly humiliates her and reveals that she is the one behind www.ihatemiathermopolis.com. This effectively ends the girls' friendship, with Mia turning back to Tina and Lana instead.
Dr. Knutz helps Mia decide to reveal Princess Amelie's story to the Domina Rei in her speech; this brave act earns her an invitation to join, and an e-mail from Michael, to which Mia finally replies with a little happiness.