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The Princess Plot (Scandia #1)
Jenna has just won the starring role in a film about a princess--sweet! In the wink of an eye, she's whisked off to a remote, romantic kingdom for the "shoot." But something's amiss: First, she finds out she bears an uncanny resemblance to the real princess, who has run away following the death of her father, the king. Then she learns that the conniving regent plans to use...more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
May 1st 2009
by Chicken House
(first published May 1st 2005)
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This is a fun book. Lots of action, suspense and intrigue. I've tried to get some of the kids to read it at school but I think they were put off by the pink cover. I was afraid it would be just a 'girly' book and I wasn't really in the mood for one but wanted to read it so I could booktalk it when school starts again. I was really surprised at how much fun it was. It isn't a 'girly' book at all. I hope they change the cover because both girls and guys would like this book.
Mar 09, 2010
Sarah
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
grades 5-8
Recommended to Sarah by:
5/6 list
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Jenna is tired of her mother always being so overprotective, so when the chance comes along for her to audition for a part in a movie, she decides to go for it without telling her. All of Jenna’s friends are auditioning; why shouldn’t she?
The movie people tell her that the role for which they are casting is the part of a princess. Jenna doesn’t think that she’s very princess-like, so she can’t believe it when they tell her that she got the part! She can’t believe that they didn’t even have her...more
The movie people tell her that the role for which they are casting is the part of a princess. Jenna doesn’t think that she’s very princess-like, so she can’t believe it when they tell her that she got the part! She can’t believe that they didn’t even have her...more
Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
Jenna and her friend get invited to audition for a movie about a princess. Little does Jenna know, it's not actually for a movie.
Without telling her overprotective mother, she auditions. She makes it to the final round, not believing that she's been singled out and chosen above all the other girls in her town.
But instead of filming a movie, they take her out of the country to fill in for a real princess during her salute to the crowd during her bir...more
Jenna and her friend get invited to audition for a movie about a princess. Little does Jenna know, it's not actually for a movie.
Without telling her overprotective mother, she auditions. She makes it to the final round, not believing that she's been singled out and chosen above all the other girls in her town.
But instead of filming a movie, they take her out of the country to fill in for a real princess during her salute to the crowd during her bir...more
Rezension zum Hörspiel:
Der etwa 400 Seiten starke Jugendroman von Kirsten Boie wird hier kompakt in Form eines Hörspiels erzählt. Jarven wird bei einem Pseudofilmcasting dazu "ausgewählt", die Prinzessin Malena von Skogland zu doublen, die nach dem Tod ihres Vaters plötzlich verschwunden ist, von ihrem Onkel, dem Vizekönig, aber dafür gebraucht wird, ein Gesetz zu verabschieden, dass die Bewohner eines Landesteils unterdrücken soll. Natürlich lässt sich Jarven nicht lange täuschen und findet nac...more
Der etwa 400 Seiten starke Jugendroman von Kirsten Boie wird hier kompakt in Form eines Hörspiels erzählt. Jarven wird bei einem Pseudofilmcasting dazu "ausgewählt", die Prinzessin Malena von Skogland zu doublen, die nach dem Tod ihres Vaters plötzlich verschwunden ist, von ihrem Onkel, dem Vizekönig, aber dafür gebraucht wird, ein Gesetz zu verabschieden, dass die Bewohner eines Landesteils unterdrücken soll. Natürlich lässt sich Jarven nicht lange täuschen und findet nac...more
this review was originally posted at a-thousand-ships.blogspot.com
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When I first read this book, I had no idea that it was originally a German bestseller. Yes, I'm a tad ignorant.
In The Princess Plot, a young girl named Jenna wins a starring role in a princess movie against all odds, but mysterious things begin to happen when she arrives at the filming location in the foreign country of Scandia.
Boie did a great job with creating the country of Scandia. Every country has its pro...more
Ships Launched: 773
When I first read this book, I had no idea that it was originally a German bestseller. Yes, I'm a tad ignorant.
In The Princess Plot, a young girl named Jenna wins a starring role in a princess movie against all odds, but mysterious things begin to happen when she arrives at the filming location in the foreign country of Scandia.
Boie did a great job with creating the country of Scandia. Every country has its pro...more
Jenna has never really been allowed to have fun because her mother was always very protective of her. She also never told Jenna much about her family. But one day, Jenna decides to defy her mother and goes on a casting call for a chance to be in a movie. Out of tons of girls in town, and much to her surprise, Jenna is picked and whisked off to the country of Scandia before she has a chance to tell anyone her good luck.
But things start to get weird when Jenna is asked to dress up and pretend to b...more
But things start to get weird when Jenna is asked to dress up and pretend to b...more
Jan 29, 2012
Pixie Ramsey
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The book was about a girl named Jenna. One day Jenna goes to an audition to become a movie star. She gets picked and goes to a different country. Jenna has to impersonate the princess. She gets in trouble and gets kidnapped. Then she goes on a long quest to find the lost king.
I liked that the story was long and interesting. My favorite part was when Jenna gets kidnapped by the rebels. And they take her into the forest. There, Jenna begins to like the rebels and does not even try to run back t...more
I liked that the story was long and interesting. My favorite part was when Jenna gets kidnapped by the rebels. And they take her into the forest. There, Jenna begins to like the rebels and does not even try to run back t...more
You believe whatever you want to believe.
That's the one little peeve with this book I had. How can one over sheltered 14 year old girl believe that her unbending mother, who doesn't even let her stay for dinner at her best friend's house, would just let her up and leave for a far away country to film a movie without even a goodbye? *takes a deep breath*
Now that I've gotten that out, I have to say that this is one of the cutest books I've read in a while. It reminds me a lot of The Princess Prote...more
That's the one little peeve with this book I had. How can one over sheltered 14 year old girl believe that her unbending mother, who doesn't even let her stay for dinner at her best friend's house, would just let her up and leave for a far away country to film a movie without even a goodbye? *takes a deep breath*
Now that I've gotten that out, I have to say that this is one of the cutest books I've read in a while. It reminds me a lot of The Princess Prote...more
This German import, translated by David Henry Wilson, takes readers on surprising twists and turns. It starts of when Jenna and her best friend Bea decide to audition for a movie after seeing an announcement for the tryouts. She know that her mother wouldn't want her to do it because it is not the proper thing, but Bea talks Jenna into going anyway.
When they arrive, they learn that they are trying out for the role of a princess in a story. Jenna is surprised to find herself chosen as the leading...more
When they arrive, they learn that they are trying out for the role of a princess in a story. Jenna is surprised to find herself chosen as the leading...more
3 stars..ish...
The cover of this book was too delicious to pass up. Yummy pink with sparkles and a skull and cross bones to make it look bad ass, and though the cover is delicious like a cotton candy cupcake at Crumbs, the book is just ok like a smaller vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting... which many people like because its comfortable. Much like this book.
The story goes that Jenna, daughter of an over protective mother who is an etiquette teacher for a living (really, does anyone actually d...more
The cover of this book was too delicious to pass up. Yummy pink with sparkles and a skull and cross bones to make it look bad ass, and though the cover is delicious like a cotton candy cupcake at Crumbs, the book is just ok like a smaller vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting... which many people like because its comfortable. Much like this book.
The story goes that Jenna, daughter of an over protective mother who is an etiquette teacher for a living (really, does anyone actually d...more
Super fun book! Listened to most of it on a play-a-way on our trecherous road trip over Thanksgiving (10 hours in a snow storm to get to 5 hours away location--and that was only part way to our goal). The play-a-way died on chapter 22 leaving a van full of very disappointed listeners. Once I checked out the library book, the 14 yr. old boy and two 11 year old boys fought over who got to finish the book first!
Even though the main character is girl and the cover is pink--this book is full of adve...more
Even though the main character is girl and the cover is pink--this book is full of adve...more
This is a great choice for young teens who are still into princesses but maybe not fantasy.
Jenna's mom is way over-protective and Jenna never gets to do anything. When some movie producers come to town to audition girls for the part of a princess, Jenna sneaks away and doesn't tell her mom. She's thrilled when she gets the part, but that's when things turn a little weird. Like, the producers whisk her away on a private jet to Scandia, without even letting her talk to her mom.
Meanwhile, in Scand...more
Jenna's mom is way over-protective and Jenna never gets to do anything. When some movie producers come to town to audition girls for the part of a princess, Jenna sneaks away and doesn't tell her mom. She's thrilled when she gets the part, but that's when things turn a little weird. Like, the producers whisk her away on a private jet to Scandia, without even letting her talk to her mom.
Meanwhile, in Scand...more
Man, German’s children’s book are a head trip. Over the years, I’ve read a handful of children’s books originally published in German and translated into English, and all of them are much darker and more sinister than their English counterparts. Oh, and on that note: This may be the worst title and cover design ever for a book that’s pretty dark and sinister in its own right. A bright-pink cover with a whimsical name like The Princess Plot may sound like bubblegum fiction – and this book may hav...more
My first comment about this book is that it is an unusual story. I picked it up for my library at a recent book fair and it has a pretty steady circulation; not hot, but definitely not dusty either. Both the book and the blurb are attractive: pink and princessey with a pirate-looking skull; a young girl wins a dream movie role and is catapulted into real danger.
For the most part, I would say that the story lives up to this expectation, especially if that expectation is from young dreamy-eyed gi...more
For the most part, I would say that the story lives up to this expectation, especially if that expectation is from young dreamy-eyed gi...more
I liked this book. There were a few twists, though most of them weren't too hard to figure out. I liked the characters. I was thinking that it would have more of a Princess Diaries feel, but it didn't at all. I think the one thing that I found confusing was that I wasn't really sure where it was set. The author is German, or at least the book is a translation, so half the names I'm pronouncing German (Malena, Margareta) while others like Jenna and Jonas don't sound that German and Scandia is...s...more
Oct 30, 2010
Kelly Shap
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I chose this book because i first saw it in a scholastic catalog and i thought the summary was very interesting. the first few chapters were a bit confusing but as i read on it slowly pulls me in to the plot. I like this book because it was mysterious but it starts to build up the suspense. This book makes me want to read on and want to know how everything ends.I feel like i can kind of relate to the main character of the book. In the beginning she would feel like she's invisible and ordinary. I...more
I loved this book. It was super boring in the beginning... and very confusing since it switched scenes like every five paragraphs. Then when it became interesting, I actually looked forward to it switching scenes! It actually helped the book. My point of view: When Jenna gets the role of a princess in a new motion picture, she thinks it can't be true. Boy, was she right. When she arrives in Scandia (in a weird 6 seater jet) she is escorted to royalty, and a princess-y room. Since the princess is...more
This is a great "Princess Action-Adventure" book for younger readers. Though the main character, Jenna, is 14 years old, I would probably give it to 4th or 5th graders as a stepping stone up to more complicated novels. It is written at a fairly easy grade level, but it introduces multiple points of view and exciting twists and even some rebel vs. kingdom politics. The way the country Scandia is set up is interesting too. Though the story is set in modern times (Jenna is firmly glued to her phone...more
May 12, 2012
Mandi Ellsworth
added it
I listened to this as an audio book and first of all have to mention that the narrator did a good job. Loved her accents.
In this story, a perfectly normal girl, with an imperfectly protective solo mum, secretly goes to audition for a film with her friends. Jenna (the normal girl) ends up getting the part, even though she's not as pretty as her friends, and is taken on a political adventure where she could lose everything dear to her. She also discovers that nothing is as she'd always thought it...more
In this story, a perfectly normal girl, with an imperfectly protective solo mum, secretly goes to audition for a film with her friends. Jenna (the normal girl) ends up getting the part, even though she's not as pretty as her friends, and is taken on a political adventure where she could lose everything dear to her. She also discovers that nothing is as she'd always thought it...more
The book Skogland, by Kirsten Boie, it a realistic fiction book. I really enjoyed this book. It had to do with a girl named Jarven, who went to a casting for a movie and surprisingly get's in the movie, so she travels to this Kingdom called Skogland. But when she get's there, the people want her to be the queen in this kingdom,not participate in a movie. And suddenly, makes a big discovery that will change Jarven's life forever...
I would recommend this Book to anybody, girls and boys, any age, a...more
I would recommend this Book to anybody, girls and boys, any age, a...more
I thought this was going to be fluffy YA chicklit, and it totally took me places I didn't expect. There's a good amount of political/international intrigue, civil rights advocacy and downright creepy machinations. The author does a great job of switching perspectives so that the reader knows a little bit more than the characters (though back-story is only revealed slowly, and at key moments). Some of the dialogue was a little contrived - the characters actually speaking text-phrases like "BTW" a...more
Interesting story about a girl who through an extremely convoluted series of events becomes a pawn in a political scheme involving another (fictional) country's royal family. I had predicted most of the plot twists before they were revealed in the narration which was (as always) slightly frustrating since I enjoy being surprised. But even if it was somewhat predictable, the twists themselves were interesting to let this flaw go. It was an interesting enough story nonetheless, especially the last...more
I liked this book, but I really wanted to LOVE it. First off, The plot was unique and well-planned. I guessed most of the twists, but that didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story. Honestly, I think what threw me off was that the library put it in the YA section. It's an upper-MG {the MC is 14}, and I say that mostly because of the voice. Lots of "BFF" and "OMG", etc. And I kind of wonder if this is a translation issue {it's translated from German}. I really wish I read German so I could re...more
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I think if I had an option of half stars, I would have picked 3 1/2 stars. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book. A couple of my students read it and so when I saw it discounted, I decided to take a chance. There is a lot going on in this book and you have to pay attention or you can get lost. I had parts of the story figured out correctly pretty early on and started to wonder when the characters were going to figure it out. There was a happy ending, which I'm a complete sucker f...more
Conozcamos el lado misterioso en una historia de princesas. Bueno, que al menos tiene que ver con una princesa. Decir que Jarven lo es está más fuera de la realidad que cualquier cosa. La aburrida Jarven, con una madre que no le permite hacer nada y sus ganas de salir a pasear. Si esto fuera un cuento, estaríamos todos sorprendidos.
¿Cómo hacer crecer una mentira? Intentando decir nada. Y es así porque aquí lo que no se dice se demuestra.
Esta historia, aventura más bien, está basada en una ment...more
¿Cómo hacer crecer una mentira? Intentando decir nada. Y es así porque aquí lo que no se dice se demuestra.
Esta historia, aventura más bien, está basada en una ment...more
This was a great book. It definitely kept me guessing. It was as longer book, so it had more details in it. It was fun to read. During the ending of the book, I couldn’t stop reading it. I usually don’t read during the weekends, but I couldn’t help myself. I didn’t know what was going to happen. It’s one of those books where when the character is confused and doesn’t know much, you’re confused and you don’t know much. In the middle of the book a lot is revealed, but it’s only until the ending of...more
Listened to this on CD with my daughters (ages 7 and 9). I think it would have been better for children a little older than my kids. They found the beginning half confusing...lots of things are not explained until later on. I also found Jenna,the main character, to be way too naive when she i accepted as the film star without auditioning and then she goes to a foreign country wih strangers. And that the texts she receives from her mom are suddenly so different from her mom's usual texts (using c...more
Jenna lives with her single (and waaay over-protective) Mom. Without her mother knowing she decides to go to a movie audition where she is deemed perfect for the part. From there, Jenna is whisked away to another country as a stand in for their beloved princess. The plot twists and turns from there but all is well in the end.
The book is divided into thirds and didn't really get interesting until the last half for me. I found Jenna way too naive in the beginning, but I enjoyed the plot twists...more
The book is divided into thirds and didn't really get interesting until the last half for me. I found Jenna way too naive in the beginning, but I enjoyed the plot twists...more
This book was okay, but overall not really worth your time or money. I purchased this book from a Book Fair and read it several years ago and I had been totally excited about it because of the websites Book Trailer. This trailer promised a super exciting, action packed plot filled with suspense and glamor, and while it provided some of that it was definitely overall duller than I had been expecting.
Yes I know that my distaste for this novel may be affected by several factors. For example, that...more
Yes I know that my distaste for this novel may be affected by several factors. For example, that...more
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Kirsten Boie was born in Hamburg in 1950. She studied German and English literature and wrote a doctoral thesis on a topic in the field of literary research. She worked as a secondary school teacher in Hamburg from 1978 until 1983. When she adopted a child she had to stop teaching and began to write. Her first book "Paule ist ein Glücksgriff" (1985) was very well received and won several awards.
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