Princess Mia is about Mia has just broke up with her long time boyfriend Michael for kissing her best friend's ,Lily, boyfriend. Then Michael moves to Japan and JP ,lily's ex, is trying to get closer to Mia. Mia and lily aren't speaking to each other and Mia is trying to contact Michael. P is being very nice to Mia and Tara gets suspicious. She later finds out JP has feelings for Mia and Mia doesnt believe her till JP tells her himself. Mia finds out that Lily is over JP and is now going out with someone else . Mia is reading an old diary that her grandmother gave her and finds some interesting facts. Mia is forced

Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

Meg Cabot has done it again. PRINCESS MIA is Volume IX in THE PRINCESS DIARIES series. I've been hooked on Cabot's humor and the voice of Mia Thermopolis since Volume I, and this second-to-last in the series has me mourning the fact that it will soon be over.

With Michael breaking up with Mia, and Lilly giving her the silent treatment, Mia has hit an all-time low. She refuses to talk with anyone, go to school, or even get out of bed. But never fear - depression "Mia-style" is pretty entertaining. Days of wearing Hello, Kitty pajamas, watching reruns on TV, and destroying her vegetarian ways by binging on any available meat in the frig, will have readers grinning and chuckling aloud.

When friends and family members realize their efforts to get Mia back into the real world have failed, she is forcibly taken to her first-ever therapist appointment. Once she adjusts to the fact that her therapist's name is indeed Dr. Knutz, and that he has a penchant for dressing like a cowboy and telling horse stories, she recognizes that he might actually be able to help her survive her depression.

The usual cast of characters is still in place, with some expanded roles for characters like the "hot" J.P. and the previously irritating Lana. Grandmere provides her own wacky brand of humor, especially as she deals with Mia's depression and a sudden growth spurt that give Mia a much more "womanly" figure.

Plot twists offer readers romance, mental health issues, important social engagements, and challenging "princess" decisions. Mia manages to deal with everything in her always entertaining and quirky way. Fans old and new are sure to have a great time reading PRINCESS MIA. ( )

Princess Mia is like a totally awesome book. There's just a tiny problem, I didn't read any of the books from volume 3 until now.
I guess that's my fault, so i suggest you read ALL the books in between.

OH MY GOSH! It's SOOO sad, Micheal and Mia broke up. Yup, right in the beggining of the book they drop the bombshell (i guess it was monumental to me because i didn't realise they were having relationship problems) they wanted to JUST BE FRIENDS. As if, HAHA. I personally think micheal and mia are destined to be with each toher. Guess Meg Cabot and I think differently, well I have to read the next book. Mia goes deep into depression and starts talking to a therapist for help, and i think it's helping. While J.P (mia's best friend's ex.) is her supposed "boyfriend" or that's what the media portrays him as, when he's not. So she's got her fair share of problems. STAY STRONG MIA! ( )

I am part of a Princess Diaries cabal. I didn't mean to join it, but unknowningly I was admitted, and now I can't get out. Without my asking, the newest PD book shows up on my workdesk, and I know I have a mere 14 hours to read it before I am cornered by my two coworkers (who shall remain nameless) and asked how I liked it.It's a bonding thing, to be able to talk about these books. This one was actually kind of suprising, and though Mia is always 10 steps behind the reader, I think it's fun for tweens to "know what's up" before the character does. ( )

Princess Mia immediately begins where volume 8, Princess on the Brink, leaves off. Mia is obsessed with hearing back from Michael, her one true love, as he just left NYC for a year in Japan. Mia said (and did) harsh things to him before he left and she wanted to take it all back and try to make their relationship work. He finally contacts her, only to tell her the dreaded words no woman wants to hear: "Maybe we should just be friends." Mia is devastated by this and begins a downward spiral.

Her parents are concerned for her and make an appointment (against her will) to see a therapist. Not only does she have to deal with the breakup of her first real relationship, her best friend accuses her of stealing her boyfriend and is not speaking to her and someone has created a website to torture her: www.ihatemiathermopolis.com. Just when things start to go from bad to worse, her nemesis wants to be friends with her. Are her intentions real or is there a secret agenda?

Overall, I thought Princess Mia was a good installment for the series, however it wasn't my favorite. Mia does a lot of self-reflecting during her therapy sessions. She's starting to understand her role in her friendships (and just maybe not having Lilly as her best friend isn't such a bad thing after all) and realizes that life can still be good after experiencing a loss. ( )

Reading this series more or less in a row made it feel like Mia was never getting anywhere. While she'd do something courageous at the end of each book, by the start of the next book, she was back to the same place with her identical insecurities. But this book was different. Mia's relationship with Michael was been a constant theme through all of these books - and in this one they have no only broken up, he has left the country, his only presence is the occasional email. Instead, we see Mia wallowing in misery and apathy. Her friends either rally to her side, or think the worst and desert her. And the problem she face at the end of this book is not about attending prom, installing parking meters, or justifying snails - what she does will change her country and the role of her family forever.
This is also a sympathetic, if light, portrayal of teenage depression, and it's good to see this chirpy heroine face real difficulty, and eventually face her feelings through hard work and courage - it make it seem possible that she will face the future the same way.
And of course I am dying to know what happens in the next book when Michael comes back from Japan! ( )

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Mia a teen ihas become a princess and got a boy friend and is going through high school problems and it is a very goog searies. ( )

Cabot, M. (2008). Princess Mia. New York: Hyper Teen.

Grade Levels: 7-12
Category: Realistic Fiction
Read-Alouds: pp. 1-13 (Recap of previous book and development of Mia); 126-146 (Movie night with Tina as well as a conversation with J.P.); 229-274 (Discovery of letter, fire at school, speech for Domina Rei, Mia’s decision, and ending).

Summary: In the final book of the series, Mia tries to deal with Michael, her boyfriend, breaking up with her before he left for Japan. Mia is definitely in denial and spends the first week in bed. Eventually Mia is forced to go to a therapist and talk about her problems and to try something new everyday. When Mia finds a letter left from her relative Amelie. This letter changes Mia’s life and forces her to re-examine her political future. Mia changes the future of Genovia, finds a new love, and goes shopping with her greatest enemy all before she graduates from high school.

Themes: A theme that has been present in the entire Princess Diaries series is that of teen relationships. Mia has had her long term relationship with Michael as well as her other off relationships with different guys. In this final book Mia realizes that Michael may not be the one for her and soon finds that another guy has been in love with her this entire time. Also because Mia is royalty she has the chance to change the future of her country. With her strength and willingness to tell the truth she single handedly changed the voice of power in her country. I would suggest any of the previous eight Princess Diaries books to accompany this text. Also it would be fun for students to compare this text to any of Meg Cabot’s other texts.

Discussion Questions:
What is the best part of Mia finding Amelie’s journal and letter?
Why do you think Mia doesn’t respond to Michael’s e-mails?
What is your favorite relationship within the text?

Reader Response: I have read the entire Princess Diaries series since they were released and have been a fan to Meg Cabot since. It is very sad that this is the last book in the series and there will be no more Princess Mia. I thought this was a wonderful book to end the series with. Mia finds an ancestor that she can relate to and decides that she can change the future of her country while she can still be listened to. Even though it may be frustrating for her relatives I admire that she fought for what she believed in. All in all a very successful way to end a much beloved series.

This installment of the Princess Diaries series has taken a lot of flack from some fans, who felt betrayed by Mia and Michael's breakup in the last book and what follows with her romantic and platonic relationships here. However, I found it far more enjoyable than the last few books in the series had been. Cabot tackles the very real issue of depression, and handles it in a way that is approachable by her YA readers without belittling its significance. To be honest, I had started to tire of Mia and Michael's relationship--it was a little too "yay! I can haz boyfriend!" on her side, and the clear lack of communication between them (especially concerning sex) really bothered me. It's nice to see her move beyond this relationship. After all, few teenagers end up spending the rest of their lives with their childhood crush; I know I'm glad I didn't. The ending actually surprised me, and showed growth of character on Mia's part. It actually made me eager to see what will happen in the next installment. ( )

Mia deals with depression, described really well ( )

WOW! I'm speechless. This was a classic Mia story, but with a real life twist. I loved it!

Update: After reading the entire series, this book is my favorite. It's a very raw account of what it feels like to be a teenager, and one that happens to be a princess. ( )

One of the better Mia books of late IMO. In this novel we see Mia grow a lot as a character. It doesn't delve as deeply as I'd like to see (but then that wouldn't be in keeping with the bubbly nature of the series!) but the novel covers a lot of ground as Mia learns a bit more about who she is, how the people around her view her (and what they're hoping for out of a relationship with her!) and what she stands for. A solid instalment in the series, it's well plotted and shows more of the "heart" that was so enchanting in the early novels but has been missing in the past couple of books. ( )