Princess Academy Analysis

The lowlanders may not think much of Mount Eskel, but it's a beautiful place with its own special culture. The mountain is a place where people are very in touch with nature and can speak to each o...

The entirety of Princess Academy is told from a third-person point of view, meaning by an outside narrator. This narrator tells us things as they're happening to the girls of Mount Eskel as they go...

Young Adult Literature Princess Academy is definitely the kind of story that is meant for younger audiences, especially because its protagonist is a scrappy fourteen-year-old girl. The story may pr...

The story is told from a third-person perspective (check out the "Narrator Point of View" section for more on this), but it follows our scrappy protagonist Miri quite closely. Because of this, it's...

Because Princess Academy is set in a place with such a rich storytelling tradition, it makes sense that the writing style would mimic that of a well-worn local legend. This becomes especially appar...

Princess Academy is a pretty straightforward title for a book about a bunch of girls who have to go to an academy to become potential princesses. But even though their stated goal is to win the aff...

The end of Princess Academy ends right where it starts—on Miri's beloved Mount Eskel: She leaned over the little rock fence to pick fallen linder chips from among the plants and tossed them up th...

The language in Princess Academy is pretty easy to follow and appropriate for readers who are just getting the hang of longer chapter books. The language is clear and simple, and the dialogue is in...

Tutor Olana's School for Young Ladies All the girls of Mount Eskel—ages twelve to seventeen—are herded off to princess academy so that they can become polished young ladies worthy of the prince...

One of Shannon Hale's tips for being a princess is to "learn how to walk with a boot on your head." Well, all right then. If you say so. (Source.) Over on Shannon Hale's official website, you can...

Princess Academy has less sexual tension in it than the average Disney princess movie. Even though Miri and Peder are young teenagers (and presumably capable of being driven by their raging hormone...

There aren't any recognizable shout-outs in Princess Academy because it's set in Danland, in a place and time that definitely don't exist in the real world. We could give a shout-out to The History...