About our rating system
ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids.
OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age.
Learning ratings
BEST: Really engaging, great learning approach.
GOOD: Pretty engaging, good learning approach.
FAIR: Somewhat engaging, OK learning approach.
NOT FOR LEARNING: Not recommended for learning.

A safe community is important to us.
Please observe our guidelines.

All teen and kid reviews for Princess Academy

Age
9
Average rating based on 43 kid and teen reviews:
  • 37% say there are positive role models
  • 35% say there are positive messages
Teen, 18 years old
January 8, 2011
 
Perfect for young readers, enjoyable for older ones...
I loved this book when I was a tween and I still love it.

Flag as inappropriate 
Kid, 13 years old
January 22, 2010
 
I COULDN'T STOP READING IT!
Thsi book was REALLY GOOD! i HAD BOUGHT THE BOOK (301 PAGES) and i sat on the couch for about 5 hours. because I could not stop reading it! TRUE STORY The one death as posted above was to a bandit that held the main character and threatened to kill her, he fell off a cliff, (no blood at all)So as like most comments I would say everything about the book, that will be a spoiler. So I could say is GET THIS BOOK NOW!

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 14 years old
September 15, 2011
 
My favorite
I love this book! It has all the best things a book could have: action. romance (not yucky stuff), and you can understand how the characters feel! This book is by far one of my faves!

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 15 years old
September 21, 2010
 
awesome for any age
This book was one of my favorites since I was 8 years old. Shannon Hale is THE best auther of my life.

Flag as inappropriate 
Kid, 12 years old
June 2, 2011
 
Amazing
Great, excellent book... It's basically okay for any kid who can read it, I'm guessing about eight years old.

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 15 years old
July 16, 2010
 

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 15 years old
May 8, 2010
 
Girl-Power!
This was a good book that girls who love a good girl-power story will love. This book has action, friendship, love, courage, girl-power and more.

Flag as inappropriate 
Kid, 12 years old
August 7, 2010
 
I really like this book!

Flag as inappropriate 
Kid, 11 years old
August 4, 2011
 
Best book ever
It was a really good book I would tell every girl to check it out!

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 16 years old
July 8, 2010
 
Nice book but, worried about the younger kids understanding!
From a teen/tween point of view this book is awesome. For a parent's point of view (I am not a parent) this book relly doesn't teach a lesson, but, it has a lesson in it. I don't think that it is for 9 year olds because at that age some girls might have a problem understanding the romance, trading, complicated words, and also the quarry speech. For a 14 year old some things took me a little while to put together but I got it. This book is a book that you would say uses "Girl power" as i would say!

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 15 years old
May 15, 2010
 
Enjoyable for all ages
awesome book. great for elementary schoolers and adults have liked it too. Great role models

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 16 years old
March 17, 2010
 
great book!
i only say eight and up because younger kids may have a hard time understanding it, not because of the content. If you have a six or seven year old who loves to read, this book is great! I remember picking this up in the book store and loving it after reading the first chapter!

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 14 years old
April 1, 2012
 
Love Shannon Hale
I love all of these books. I remember this was one of the first i read. Right now I am reading "Midnight in Austenland"

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 13 years old
January 16, 2012
 
Very Cute
I had to read a Newbery book for my seventh grade English class. I chose it because it had a girly appeal. I landed up really enjoying it, the story was very cute.

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 17 years old
February 22, 2010
 
Imaginaitve and Mesmorizing
This book is a perfect blend of adventure, romance, and girl power. Overall a perfect read for 5th-8th grade I'd say. I remember loving every bit of this books content, not one problem. I read this when I was 11, and thought it was awesome then and still do. Shannon Hale is a very talented author I recommend all her books. Her books are unlike the other tween books out their with very imaginative settings and far away places. Its the ideal read for a comfy weekend curled up on the couch. I read this in days!

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 15 years old
January 8, 2010
 
Perfect for Kids!
i read this book when i was twelve; and loved it! it follows the story of a girl called miri as she is forced to enroll in the princess academy with many others. the girls must prepare for the prince to choose a bride. the mountain girls are un-educated and struggle to learn. although miri is unfairly punished in the first part of the book, she stays in at break to study (a good role model). kids who are as young as seven can read this book, but probably won't want to. great for kids!

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 18 years old
November 1, 2009
 
perfect for all
love it i'm 16 & read this book this past summer as a joke my friend gave me it.. but i loved the stroy line & what i got out of it. so i passed it on to my 9yr old sister

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 16 years old
July 9, 2009
 
its a nice book, it teaches to be patient, and treat people the way you want to be treated

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 18 years old
June 4, 2009
 
good book
a really good book!:)

Flag as inappropriate 
Teen, 16 years old
February 12, 2009
 
AWESOME book!
I don't know how I lived without knowing " Princess Academy". It is an wonderful book.

Flag as inappropriate