This attitude earns her the title of “Academy Princess.” With that title comes the chance to have the first dance with the prince, when he comes at the end of the year to choose his bride. The competition at the princess academy is bitter, but Miri continues to help her peers.
Miri befriends a lowlander named Britta whose family has recently moved to Mount Eskel.
The girls all work together to negotiate with Tutor Olana to allow them to go home once a week to visit their families. One of Miri’s top subjects is commerce, and she uses what she learns to improve the village's trading endeavors with the lowlanders. The stakes are high-each girl wants to please the prince and gain comfort for their families. Their teacher, Tutor Olana, is strict and difficult to please, but Miri does exceptionally well. Miri attends the academy with the other village girls. Every girl in the village from age twelve to eighteen is required to attend, and the prince will make his choice at the close of the year. The village forms a princess academy in order to educate those girls who have the potential to wed the prince. Because they are not well educated and because they are deeply suspicious of the lowlanders, they did not expect that a princess would be chosen from their midst. When a messenger from the king arrives and announces that the priests of Danland have declared that the prince’s future bride will come from Mount Eskel, the villagers are shocked. She also has a dear friend-a boy named Peder. Miri is close with both her father and her sister, Marda. Despite this, she continues to do what she can to ensure the villagers have the means to survive. Unable to participate in this process, Miri feels like a misfit, outcast from an already isolated society. The quarry produces a mineral known in Danland as linder, which the villagers cut and sell to lowlanders. She’s never been permitted to quarry with the other villagers. Miri is from Mount Eskel, which is located in an isolated area of Danland. The purpose of the education she receives there is to win her the hand of the prince. Published in 2005, it follows the protagonist Miri, a fourteen-year-old girl who goes to princess academy. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale is a fantasy novel about relationships, family, and education.
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