She also wrote three novels for adults, including Austenland, now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell. Shannon Hale is the Newbery Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the series Princess Academy, Books of Bayern, Ever After High, and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, as well as stand-alones Book of a Thousand Days, Dangerous, and the graphic novels Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack, among other books.
proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world." - SLJ on Palace of Stone proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world." - School Library Journal on Princess Academy: Palace of Stone "Powerful and deeply engaging." - Kirkus Reviews on Princess Academy: Palace of Stone "This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale.Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home." - SLJ, starred review for PRINCESS ACADEMY " Palace of Stone. Instead Hale weaves an intricate, multilayered story about families, relationships, education, and the place we call home." - School Library Journal, starred review "The book is a fresh approach to the traditional princess story with unexpected plot twists and great emotional resonance." - 2006 Newbery Committee " Palace of Stone. "Shannon Hale's books reignite my love of reading-that joy of having the time of my life with a great story." - Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight "This is not a fluffy, predictable fairy tale. With Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters The Books of Bayern Don't miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale: The Princess Academy trilogy
Winning the contest could give her everything she ever wanted-but it would mean leaving her home and family behind. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. In a year's time, the prince will choose his bride from among the village girls. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her village the home of the future princess. Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life. In this first book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Princess Academy series, Miri finds herself a sudden participant in a contest to find the next princess of the realm. A dazzling new novel about would-be princesses and destiny
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