Princess on the Brink (Princess Diaries VIII)

By Meg Cabot
A series: The Princess Diaries


Rating: *** (3 stars)
Age group: 11+
Type: Diary fiction-fantasy

Princess Mia Thermopolis (full name Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo) is a Junior now. Precalculus? Chemistry? No fun! Plus, now she's doing terrible in Creative Writing. And Lilly, her best friend, has her nominated for class president--again! But worst of all, her boyfriend, Michael Moscovitz, is going to Japan for ONE WHOLE YEAR. Because Mia won't do IT (have sex) with him. Will Mia stop him? Or won't she? Will she be able to survive without the smell of Michael's neck for a year? Uh oh!

This book is kind of believable and kind of unvelievable. It's kind of unbelievable because Mia is getting incredibly hung up on

1. Michael going to Japan
2. Having IT (sex) with Michael
3. Having precalculus and
4. Getting bad grades in Creative Writing when she wants to be a writer.

But I guess some people's minds work that way so it is kind of believable.

Also, this volume of The Princess Diaries is not exactly like some of the others. For one thing, the other volumes don't really have IT (sex) in them except for one or two. Another thing is because in this one there is Precalculus and Chemistry.
(If there IS sex in more than one or two of the other books and there IS Precalculus and Chemistry in some of the other books, than I will just say I have not read ALL the Princess Diaries books. Thank you.)

People who like other Princess Diaries books might like this.

PARENTAL SECTION
Sexual parts: yes (!!!)
Violence: none
Fighting: sort of
Pregnancy: none
Kissing and romance: yes yes yes
Stealing: none
Vandalizing: none

The Summer of May

By Cecilia Galante

Rating: *** (3 stars)
Age level: 9+
Type: Realistic fiction


May (not Maeve) doesn't like Miss Movado. At all. May calls her an avocado because of all the green she wears--Movado the Avocado. One day May defaces Miss Movado's classroom and is caught. She has two options: expulsion or one-on-one summer school with Miss Movado. May unwillingly chooses summer school. During this she discovers something about her mother--something to do with Miss Movado's past.


This book is pretty believable.The only thing kind of hard to believe is that Miss Movado...(SPOILER ALERT!!!)








took May out for breakfast and paid for it. Also Miss Movado and her friend jumped into a waterfall while skipping school, which I personally think is just plain crazy.

If you like books about real life, you might like this book.


PARENTAL SECTION

Sexual parts: none
Violence: none
Fighting: yelling
Pregnancy: none
Kissing and romance: none
Stealing: yes one scene
Vandalizing: yes in the beginning

Secrets of my Hollywood Life

By Jen Calonita
Sequel: Secrets of my Hollywood Life on Location


Rating: *** (3 stars)
Age group: 9+
Type: YA (young adult)

Celebrity Kaitlin Burke has a great life--the star role on Family Affair. But she wants to see what life as a regular teen is like. She goes undercover and enrolls at a school. Everything is going fine, but then her costar Sky gets involved and something happens that really messes everything up.

This book is kind of believable. You can still imagine a celebrity wanting a normal life. But it is kind of far-fetched, with all the undercover work and celebrity tabloid complications and stuff. But even though of all that, this is still a good book.

If you like books about celebrities, you might like this book. Also, if you liked The Princess Diaries books you might like this one.

PARENTAL SECTION
Sexual parts: none
Violence: none
Fighting: more like comeback fighting e.g. "You get all the good stuff!" "No you do!" "No you do!" "Shut up!" "No you shut up!" "GRRRRRRR!!!!" Also doing mean things e.g. dripping stuff onto priceless dresses made of silk
Pregnancy: in acting (not for real)
Kissing and romance: yes but no sexual parts
Stealing: none
Vandalizing: none