Princess in Training (The Princess Diaries, #6)

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Princess in Training (The Princess Diaries #6)

by Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)

3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 · rating details · 13,727 ratings · 286 reviews

Princess for president Student body president, that is -- nominated by her power-mad best friend, Lilly. This is not how Mia imagined kicking off her sophomore year, but as usual, she has bigger problems to worry about, like Geometry. And now that Mia's one true love, Michael, is uptown at college, what's the point of even getting up for school in the morning? But the last...more

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Published April 1st 2006 by HarperTrophy (first published January 1st 2004)

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Feb 19, 2009 Melanie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-books, teen-books

WHY do I keep reading these "Princess" books? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY??? Am I forgetting that

* These books are total fluff books with practically NO substance WHATSOEVER?

* They are intended for teenagers?

* I am no longer a teenager?

* I don't think I will let my daughter read them when she is a teenager?

* My curiosity was fully satisfied by the third book?

Well, maybe I'll let her read the first few. But probably not book four or five, and definitely not six. Yes, I get that it's supposed to be Mia's...more

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Aug 02, 2011 Nur Fadilla Octavianasari rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: borrowed-rented, translation, teenlit, read-in-2011

wuohh lama banget baru bisa update lagi nih , paket modemnya abis sih :D

well as usual, Mia slalu dapet masalah baru . terlebih setelah adiknya rocky ternyata gak diasuh dengan bner ama bapak ibuk mreka - helen and Mr.G- dan Mia yang asli bner2 parnoan jadi tambah panik deh -.-
dan yah, dia ditunjuk jadi president of AEHS sama si 'gila' Lilly Moscovitz .
but,i thought the biggest problem she has was michael , yeah sbenernya bkn slah mike juga sih . lebih tepatnya si-evil-lana weinberger! she said t...more

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Sep 18, 2010 Super Librarian rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, young-adult, read-in-2010

Mia is back from her summer in Genovia, where she caused quite a stir with her environmental actions. Now that she's back home, she's starting sophomore year and must face a new challenge - Geometry. School is different without her boyfriend Michael, who is in college across town. Also, Mia's best friend Lily nominated her for student council president (against her will), and now Lily and Grandmere are working together on Mia's campaign strategy. These problems all seem minor, though, when Lana...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Megan Horrocks rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: engl-420

REQUIRED AUTHOR, ROMANCE
I couldn't handle this book. I've read silly books as a preteen so I thought I would do ok with this one, but it nearly drove me crazy. There was absolutely no plot, just the diary of a very selfish preteen girl with no real thought. All that happened was she nearly destroyed the ecosystem of her own country and seemed to think that it wasn't that big of deal, and she was afraid her college boyfriend would want to "do it." That was the entire novel. I have nothing good to...more

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Jul 22, 2012 Chloe B. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This one was good. I finished it today, and Mia becomes student council president, and her and her boyfriend.... well, just see for yourself. I'd rather not say... hahaha... I think it's the sixth book.......I think.... Then, there's a 6 1/2, 7, 7 1/2 i think and many many more.... So, yeah. These books are really hard to explain, because it really is her diary, so it's just her telling you what's happening in her life, she's aspiring to become a writer, that's why she keeps a journal. Also, the...more

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Apr 14, 2007 Debbie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2005, young-adult, chick-lit, epistolary

I think I am starting to grow out of these books, which is somewhat amusing since I'm a decade older than the target audience for this series. Mia's shallowness has been a slight issue with me since the first book but really struck me in this latest story, though I'm not sure why. The lack of character development of any of the characters is starting to annoy me. I truly detested the "lesson" of not letting teachers stifle "creativity" though--in my opinion, the teacher had every right to mark M...more

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Feb 15, 2009 Sabine rated it 4 of 5 stars

It is sophomore year and what is a princess to do? Between running for Student Class President (thanks to Lilly and her nomination), struggling to pass Geometry which is just as bad as Algebra was, and missing Michael who is now in college all the way across town, life is crazy as ever for NY on royal. But then Lana has too go make it worse by informing Mia that now that Michael is in college he is going to want more than a goodnight kiss...ALOT more!

After reading the first book in this series I...more

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Jan 12, 2013 Chelsea rated it 3 of 5 stars

It was an OK story. The book was amusing as the character in the story named Mia Thermopolis is the next in line to take over the throne of a country called Genovia. Her best friend Lilly wants to be the class president but has no shot at winning. Lilly nominates Mia to run for class president explaining that several days after Mia wins the election she will step down and being her vice president Lilly will be the next one nominated for the position. Mia thinks this is a horrible idea as she wi...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Cambrai rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 420-shelf

Princess in Training by Meg Cabot
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MEG CABOT and ROMANCE CATEGORIES
Meg Cabot once again enthralls us with the frantic and over-exaggerated prep school drama of the famous Princess, Mia Thermopolis. The sixth book in the Princess Diaries series, I was surprised that she was still in high school by this point. With only a one week time line, this book falls under the “Romance” or “Chick Lit” category because every other page revolves ar...more

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Jun 09, 2012 Grace rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, ya-contemporary, 2012-all, 2012-new, library-brooklyn

Until the last few pages of the book, I was going to give this one star for the simple reason that I just did not like it. At all.

Some of my complaints (this is by no means a complete list):

*I need the adults in Mia's life to step up and start acting like the adults. When Mia came to her mother and was asking questions about sex, her mother probably should have pushed more and given Mia more information. It was CLEAR TO ME that Mia was not handling things well. I just really think Mia's mother s...more Until the last few pages of the book, I was going to give this one star for the simple reason that I just did not like it. At all.

Some of my complaints (this is by no means a complete list):

*I need the adults in Mia's life to step up and start acting like the adults. When Mia came to her mother and was asking questions about sex, her mother probably should have pushed more and given Mia more information. It was CLEAR TO ME that Mia was not handling things well. I just really think Mia's mother should have talked to Mia more.

*Just in general, I was uncomfortable with the way sex was handled in this up until the conversation Mia and Michael had at the end of the book.

*Mia vs. Lana for student council president? REALLY? They are sophomores. There are NO juniors or seniors who wanted to run?? This would have been a lot more believable if they had been running for sophomore class president.

*I was all ready to like this book a little more during Mia's speech. The first part of it, that is. THEN SHE WENT OFF ON THAT TANGENT ABOUT HOW IT WAS OKAY FOR PEOPLE TO WRITE ABOUT BRITNEY SPEARS FOR ENGLISH. Well, no. Actually Mia, sometimes when your teacher tells you the assignment is to write about more serious subjects, you just do it. Sending your father to complain about your B? That's not okay, and I didn't like that this book made it seem like it WAS okay. I agree with your teacher, who is NOT being unreasonable. All I see Mia writing about are frivilous things, with a true teenage girl flair.

*Honestly, I do not like any character in this book except Michael. And even he is sometimes confusing because I do not understand Michael/Mia. I need to be able to ship this but it is not working for me.

The things I did like:

*Principal Gupta is a fairly accurate portrayal of my experience with school authority, catering to Lana's complaints and ignoring how Lana is actually at the root of a lot of the problems. Honestly, Principal Gupta was probably more with it than a lot of the teachers/administrators in my experience. So, I guess this isn't something I "liked" so much as I found it fairly true to life. For the school experiences in this book, at least.

*The New York stuff, as always, was excellent.(less)

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Sep 09, 2011 Ilka rated it 1 of 5 stars

Ok. I don't know why I'm a glutton for punishment. Or maybe it's the fact that the book is supposedly a popular young adult book series. Or the fact that both movies based on the book really were great!! I guess it's just like some sort of train wreck that I'm just glued to see what happens. So I picked up this book and decided okay I've read the other 5.5 books. I...must...see...what...happens... So I read the book and again the author over using the word "oh my god" is annoying as if this is t...more

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Aug 28, 2011 Becky rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mia is now in Sophomore year but Michael has moved away to college, he hasn't gone far but it's enough to make it hard to see each other. Lilly nominates Mia for school president, Mia doesn't understand geometry and she may have caused an economic crisis in Genovia. Not only that but the question of moving her relationship with Michael to the next level comes up, and she's not sure she is ready for more.
That is basically all the book is about, Mia's fight to be school president even though she d...more

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Jul 26, 2009 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Meg Cabot fans, anyone wanting to be reminded of their high school years.

Recommended to Julie by: I've read the previous Princess Diaries books.

Shelves: 2009, fiction, young-adult, from-library

I really do enjoy these books.

This one in particular made me realize something. In earlier books, I got a bit fed up with Mia for being so dense about certain things... but somehow, during this volume, suddenly I recalled with perfect clarity (and the advantage of hindsight) how COMPLETELY NAIVE AND CLUELESS I was at that age. I got worked up over all kinds of minor issues, completely read ridiculous things into the smallest comment or behavior, and generally was a giant idiot. Oh yes, that was...more

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Apr 14, 2009 Chelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So I was ready to give up on Mia after Princess in Pink. All the prom freak outs made me think it was time to get back to adulthood. This one redeemed itself. Yes Mia still freaks out, it's who she is. She's 15, a sophomore in high school and thinks she's here to save the earth. She also has a boy friend who is a freshman in college and a very unusual life. I don't blame her for freaking out.

I enjoyed that she now has a teacher who will challenge her. Frankly if I had written like she writes in...more So I was ready to give up on Mia after Princess in Pink. All the prom freak outs made me think it was time to get back to adulthood. This one redeemed itself. Yes Mia still freaks out, it's who she is. She's 15, a sophomore in high school and thinks she's here to save the earth. She also has a boy friend who is a freshman in college and a very unusual life. I don't blame her for freaking out.

I enjoyed that she now has a teacher who will challenge her. Frankly if I had written like she writes in high school I would have failed. Yes it's entertaining, but it's not scholarly. I really hope this drives Mia to do better.

True to form Lilly decides to use Mia to further her own agenda. I hope Mia does not give up being student council president. She needs to stop letting herself be a pawn for her best friend and her grandmother.

Yes all the "are we gonna do IT" talk is scary. The fact is she's too young to be having sex. It's also true that this is what girls are faced with today. They are pressured to have sex younger and younger, especially when they have older boyfriends. Sure Michael is a dreamboat and not like most guys his age, but he's still a freshman in college and in a totally different place in his life. Frankly I'm proud Mia stood up for herself and told him she wasn't ready. That Michael accepted that but also let her know his thoughts on the matter is refreshing. It's an example to other girls Mia's age that they don't have to have sex to have a boyfriend and should not be pressured into things they aren't ready for. It also gives them an example of how a boy should react to that assertion. That Michael says he won't wait forever, it's honest. Sure it seems like he's exerting pressure on Mia, but I think it's much more that he's just being open with her. They agreed on a timetable to revisit the issue which shows he's open to waiting a while, just not forever.

All in all I can see Mia starting to really mature in this book which is making me want to finish the series. I want to see her settle into her own skin and take a freaking chill pill! (less)

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Jul 06, 2011 Aisy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Okelah, buku ini adalah seri princess diaries yang kedua kubaca. Entah ini seri keberapa. Yang pasti, ceritanya, berkisah tentang Mia Termhopolis. Orang - orang di negara tetangga mengecam tindakannya menaburkan siput yang menurut Mia, untuk membersihkan ganggang beracun yang ditebar Monaco. Lalu Lilly, sahabatnya itu, tanpa persetujuan, mencalonkan dirinya menjadi ketua persatuan pelajar SMU Albert Einstein. Belum lagi pertanyaan dari Lana yang membuat Mia bingung sendiri. Apa dia harus melakuk...more

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Mar 24, 2012 Joanna rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book deals with TRUE problems of a real TEEN girl. It's got bitchy girls, bossy friends, BOYS, worry about public speaking, oh and SEX.
ok, Let's stick with this one. A mean girl tells you college guys expect you to Do It with them. What are you going to do? Say, Oh who cares I'm not worried about Michael wanting that OR Shit! I'm not ready for that yet. I bet he'll dump me now.

I'm not sure about YOU but I know if my boyfriend wanted to Do It when I am only 15 years old, I would be pretty f...more

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Apr 16, 2011 Mireille rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, read-in-2011, young-adult

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Jul 29, 2010 Candi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

This isn't my favorite Princess Diaries book, that would be #4 Princess in Waiting on sheer funniness, but I thought it was good. Mia deals with deeper things than just the prom, but with about the same degree of self-obsessed idiocy. However, I distinctly remember being a complete idiot at the age of 15 as well as being impossibly naive. I like that Meg Cabot doesn't choose to give her heroine an adult conscience. Teenagers already take themselves far too seriously, it's nice when an author wri...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

Alright. What I have to say is mostly influenced by the book, not about the book itself.
Michael, Mia's (15) 18-year-old boyfriend wants to have sex. Fine. What bothers me is how he is pressuring her to have it. And somehow, the undertone in this book, implies that that is okay. 15 is a very impressionable age. I think it's wrong, although my personal philosophy is that nothing is wrong and nothing is right, for anyone to try to pressure someone to do something they don't want to do. And here Mi...more

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Nov 09, 2011 Robin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: owned

I really hate Lilly sometimes. I don't understand how Mia can continue to be friends.

I spent a good part of this book kind of wanting to slap Mia, too. In so many ways I can relate to her and in so many others I just want to shake her. That girl has issues communicating, good god. Just SAY THIS SHIT sometimes, oh my god.

I liked this book because it actually addresses some real issues, about relationships and high school social standings. And Mia's speech was incredibly epic. Good for her.

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May 07, 2012 Ashley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own, reread, 2012-may

This book wasn't as bad as the last one, but is nowhere near as good as the first three. Mia and Lilly aren't as bad as they were in Princess in Pink, but - and this is the hardest thing to write, ever: MICHAEL WAS A DOUCHE IN THIS BOOK!!!!! :( :( :( :( (view spoiler)...more

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May 19, 2012 Lindsay Ejoh rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 02, 2010 Teresa Gibson rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 17, 2011 Jess rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Princess Mia's had a lot on her plate lately...just like always!

This was a well-written sixth instalment to The Princess Diaries, where Mia's life is still as chaotic as ever, but without being so chaotic it's no longer something girls can relate to.

This was the instalment where I really connected with Mia. I suppose it was her birthday that clicked me on in the previous instalment- mine was happening a couple of days after I read it- but as I was reading Sixsational, I picked up on some stuff...more

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Jun 17, 2012 Glimmerfee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mia hat sich wieder in ihre Panik hineingesteigert. Ihre kleiner Bruder wird behütet und vor allem beschützt was auch nur ein wenig verdächtig ist. Ihre Freundin Lilly hat Mia bei der Wahl zur Schulsprecherin aufgestellt und dann hat Mia auch noch panische Angst, dass ihr Freund Michael Sex erwarten könnte.

Leider hat dieser Band mich nicht begeistern können. Mit Mia war es für mich ja eh immer ein Auf und Ab der Gefühle. Mal mochte ich sie sehr gerne und dann ging sie mir wieder auf die Nerven....more

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Jul 24, 2011 Bonnijean Marley added it

Mia's speech at the end of the book was great! That speech makes it almost worthwhile to slog through the rest of the book. It's interesting to see Lilly and Grandmere cooperating, and as usual Mia gets swept along in their scheming. The main story of this book is overpowered by the subplot of Michael and Mia's relationship. It's as if the whole plot line was a set up for the scene when Mia visits the nurse for some other reason and happens to ask a question about boys and sex. The nurse's respo...more

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May 12, 2011 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kids-and-ya

I stopped reading these books years ago because I found them frivolous. Now that I am a grown-up, though, that is sometimes EXACTLY what I need. They are just so well done. And believe it or not, this one ALSO has a proletariat uprising!

My one criticism is of the minor plotline where Mia decides her English teacher is an unfair tyrant for giving her a B on a paper, saying she lacked discipline as a writer (which is by all accounts TRUE). So why did her teacher give in at last? Was it due to roya...more

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Apr 29, 2013 Jen rated it 2 of 5 stars

I will probably keep reading the series, since I like a break of fluff sometimes, and it only takes me a day or two to get through one of these books. However, they are getting tiresome, especially the formula of some crisis with her boyfriend that she absolutely cannot talk to him about, even though it is all in her head and would be solved instantly if she talked to him. I'm also struggling now that she has a baby brother, as some parenting ideas that I support are mocked, like homebirth and n...more

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Sep 10, 2011 Kimber~!! rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, drama, favorites, humor, princess-diaries, romance, rumor

Another 4-star Princess Diaries book, always 4 or 5 stars.

I totally love all these books! But Mia's soooo annoying in this one, totally! It's like Shut up about it you're fifteen lol!!!

Although Lilly annoys you too, but hey, she's Lilly.

ANDDDDDD>.. Michael seemed Pushy & Annoying to me, I didn't like him, Kenny was cool till like you know Mia dumped him.

Finally, Ms. Martinez was SO right! Mia's pop culture refrences were ridiculous and unacceptable in a 10th Grade English Class!

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May 20, 2011 Krista Basilio rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mia is back in this latest Princess Diaries book. In this installment of our favorite self-actualizing princess, Mia is starting her sophomore year of High School. Unfortunately she's starting it without her boyfriend Michael who is now in College. He's a college guy and according to archenemy Lana he's going to expect her to "do it". Not only that Lilly has nominated her to run for Student Council President against Lana. Not to mention the snail incident and the fact that her mom and step-dad a...more

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About Meg Cabot

Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.

She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.

Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.

Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.

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