Princess Academy by children's author Shannon Hale.
Posted April 5th, 2008 by liesel
Overlook the title of Shannon Hale’s Princess Academy (New York: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2005) because it’s not a “princess” book in the usual genre. A Newberry Honor book, it tells the story of tiny Miri, a Mount Eskel girl whose life revolves around the linder quarry until the day the Prince’s messengers announce that the next Princess will be chosen from her village. In beautiful prose with poetic interludes, Hale has told a wonderful story here for children ages 7-12. You won’t predict the ending. Look for Hale’s other books (all Juvenile or Young Adult) Enna Burning; Goose Girl; River Secrets; and her newest, Book of a Thousand Days, based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
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Bridge of Sighs / Richard Russo. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
This is on the Fiction shelf and it should be checked out! Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo came out with Bridge of Sighs last year, 2007. Like others among his prodigious output, this is a thick book that’s great storytelling. Once again Russo’s chosen a small town nobody as his protagonist, a convenience store owner whose name, Lou C., results in his not unlikely nickname, Lucy. This kind of fellow and the characters surrounding him are so vividly written as to keep you enthralled for many pages (or a rainy day, or a beach vacation, wherever you may find yourself).