Pinkalicious is having a slumber party. Not just an ordinary slumber party, of course, but a Princess of Pink party! Her whole family participates but Peter, her brother, tries to ruin the fun a bit. The fun really begins when her friends arrive dressed like princesses. They play musical thrones with the prize being a pinkatastic wand, make tiaras, and have a fabulous dinner of foods such as Princess-and-the-Split-Pea Soup. Suddenly, Pinkalicious hears a sniffle. It is her friend Alison crying because she is scared to sleep over. Whatever can Pinkalicious and her friends do to help Alison?

Reviewed by: jb

Date read: 11/7/2012

ISBN-10: 0061989630

ISBN-13: 9780061989636

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Poppy loves ballet more than anything. Her dearest wish is to take the exam to move to the next level with her best friend, Jasmine. On the day their teacher chooses the girls who will take the test, a new girl from Poppy's school shows up at class and distracts Poppy. Poppy is devastated when Miss Coralie passes her over for the exam. Can Poppy and Jasmine find a way to persuade Miss Coralie that Poppy deserves a chance to move to the next level? Will the new girl ruin everything?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 8/26/2010

ISBN-10: 0746060246

ISBN-13: 9780746060247

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It's 1901, and President McKinley has been shot. His vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, is on vacation, and awaits news about McKinley's survival. McKinley dies, and Teddy Roosevelt becomes president. His family isn't sure what their lives will be like now. Ethel Roosevelt, his 10-year-old daughter, is especially concerned about leaving their Long Island home, and living in the White House. They move to the White House, and find it an old, smelly, run-down building. It does, though, have big rooms for roller skating in the house, and riding their bikes down the hallway. As the President's daughter, Ethel is sent to an exclusive boarding school in Washington. She's miserable there, and finds the President's family is always under the magnifying glass about what they do, and say. Read this book, and find out what adventures Ethel had in the White House!

Similar books: Lost at the White House: A 1909 Easter Story by Lisa Griest

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0440419956

ISBN-13: 9780440419952

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Miri and her family live in a small, poor village on Mount Eskel where almost everyone works in the quarry mining linder stone. Miri's father won't let her work in the quarry, and she thinks it's because she's so small. She would love to prove to him that she's capable, but a decree from the king saying that the prince's new bride will come from Mount Eskel changes her life. All eligible girls must attend an academy to prepare them to be princesses. Then the prince will choose his favorite. Princess Academy is a dreary place run by an unpleasant woman. Miri is happy for the education but dislikes the harsh rules and the competition which develops among the girls. She is not sure whether she would like to be princess or stay on the mountain and continue her growing friendship with Peder. When the lives of the girls at the academy are in danger, it's up to Miri to save them.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 1582349932

ISBN-13: 9781582349930

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Fourteen-year-old Mia has a pretty normal life. She does wish, though, that she had a boyfriend and that her mom wasn't dating her algebra teacher! One day, out of the blue, her father comes to visit her and announces that she is the princess of Genovia, a small European principality. Mia is sooo embarrassed! She tries to hide the fact that she is a princess from all of her classmates but suddenly her face is all over magazines and the press starts swarming her school. Mia finds out that being a princess is very complicated. Lots of people now want to be her friend because of her new status. The most popular boy in school asks Mia to go to the cultural diversity dance with him-which she is so thrilled about! Is life going to suddenly become wonderful for Mia? Read this book and the rest in the Princess Diaries series to find out. A good audio book as well.

Reviewed by: jb

Date read: 3/22/2012

ISBN-10: 0380978482

ISBN-13: 9780380978489

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