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The Princess Diaries
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USA
Language
English
Published
October 2000-
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The Princess Diaries is a series of epistolary young adult novels written by Meg Cabot, and is also the title of the first volume, published in 2000. The series revolves around Amelia 'Mia' Thermopolis, a teenager in New York who discovers that she is the princess of a small European principality called Genovia.
Meg Cabot quotes the series' inspiration on her website stating: "I was inspired to write The Princess Diaries when my mom, after the death of my father, began dating one of my teachers; they later went on to get married just as Mia's mom does in the book! I have always had a 'thing' for princesses (my parents used to joke that when I was smaller, I did a lot of insisting that my 'real' parents, the king and queen, were going to come get me soon, and that everyone had better start being a LOT nicer to me) so I stuck a princess in the book just for kicks... and VOILÀ! The Princess Diaries was born."[1]
The books are noted for containing many popular culture references, which include singers, movies, and fads in modern culture. Many critics[who?] have taken unkindly to this form of storytelling. In response, Cabot added an English teacher in the book, Princess in Training, who criticizes Mia's writing, telling her that it relies too much on "slick pop culture references." By the final novel, this has allowed Mia to progress and grow as a person.
The latest book in the series, The Princess Diaries, Volume XI: Royal Wedding was published in 2015. A spin-off series for tweens featuring Mia's half-sister, From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess was released in May 2015.
Contents
1 Series description
2 Setting
3 Characters
3.1 Mia Thermopolis
3.2 Clarisse Marie Grimaldi Renaldo
3.3 Lilly Moscovitz
3.4 Michael Moscovitz
3.5 Secondary characters
4 Volumes
5 Errata
6 Awards and nominations
7 Adaptations
8 Meta-References
9 See also
10 References
10.1 Footnotes
11 External links
Series description[edit]
Plot summaries have been moved to their individual volume pages.
The story of Mia Thermopolis' adolescent turmoil as an average teenager and, as she later finds out, a princess of royal descent, is chronicled in her on-going journal, where she explores topics of teenage angst, love, and betrayal as she lives and learns from them. The main series follows Mia from her freshman year of high school to her graduation, with a two-year jump between the ninth and tenth books.
Setting[edit]
Genovia
Flag of Genovia
The Princess Diaries location
Other name(s)
Principality of Genovia
Created by
Meg Cabot
Genre
Young adult fiction
Type
Parliamentary Monarchy
Notable locations
Pyrus (capital)
New Pyrus (largest city)
Population
64,486
Motto
The whole body works
Anthem
Genovia, the land I call my home
Language(s)
English and French
Currency
Genoves (LKM)
The series is set primarily in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Some books take place in Genovia, a fictional European country. The Genovia described in the books differs significantly from the Genovia depicted in the films: in the former, Genovia is referred to as a principality between France and Italy ruled by Mia's father, Prince Philippe Renaldo, similar to Monaco; in the latter, Genovia is a kingdom located between France and Spain, similar to Andorra, and is ruled by Mia's grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi.
Characters[edit]
Mia Thermopolis[edit]
Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo ('Mia') is the protagonist of the series. She is the product of a college romance between Helen Thermopolis, a painter, and Philippe Renaldo, the prince of Genovia.
Having spent most of her life in Greenwich Village with her mother, Mia attends Albert Einstein High School, a private school in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Mia chronicles the main aspects of her life in various personal diaries, through which she also later develops her talent for various forms of writing. She prefers to be called Mia, although her best friend Lilly often bestows upon her nicknames such as BL (Baby Licker), POG (Princess Of Genovia), or PIT (Princess In Training).
Mia is known for her sometimes shy and down-to-earth personality, though on occasion Mia shows herself to be quite sarcastic and sly. Mia also speaks to her self described flat chest, 5-foot-9 height, upside-down-triangle-shaped hair, and extremely large feet. She also has a tendency to over-analyze things and worry too much. Mia's spends her afternoons throughout the series with her grandmother (Grandmere) in princess lessons, which attempt to teach Mia the finer points of being a princess. These lessons range from making more princess-like Mia's sense of fashion, food, and relationships, and also inform about royal duties such as her visits during school breaks to Genovia and the events she must attend and speak at as a royal throughout the year as well.
Mia develops an interest for writing during the series. Later in the series, Mia writes her own novel called Ransom My Heart, though she composes many poems, lists, and even screenplays throughout her years of writing in her diary. Mia, having been raised almost exclusively by her very liberal and feminist painter mother, is very socially conscientious; She is a vegetarian and also tries to use her fame to raise awareness for good causes, including donations to Greenpeace with the money her father pays her to take princess lessons from her grandmother. Between the tenth and eleventh books, Mia goes to college and establishes a youth community center.
Mia's friendship with Lilly Moscovitz is a focal point of the series. Though they often clash due to Mia's insecurity and Lilly's forcefulness, they remain best friends until major conflicts arise in the later books of the series.
Another central plot line of the books is Mia's relationship with Michael Moscovitz, Lilly's older brother. Their relationship survives obstacles throughout several books of the series, such as their age difference and Mia's (often overwrought) anxieties, as Mia works out how to effectively manage romantic relationships as a maturing adolescent.
Clarisse Marie Grimaldi Renaldo[edit]
Clarisse Marie was formally known as the Dowager Princess Clarisse Marie Grimaldi Renaldo.
Clarisse is the dowager princess of Genovia and Mia's paternal grandmother. Mia refers to her as "Grand-mère" (French for "Grandmother"). As a young woman, she married Prince Rupert Renaldo and had two sons. She habitually omits Mia's mother's surname "Thermopolis" from her granddaughter's lengthy list of names and titles, much to Mia's annoyance. She speaks French most of the time, but she can also speak English. She is almost always accompanied by her miniature poodle, Rommel, who is notable for having a severe case of OCD that causes him to lick his own fur off. She smokes often and enjoys drinking sidecars. She is not hesitant about lying or manipulating others in order to get her own way.
She and Mia don't see eye to eye: Clarisse is concerned with attracting publicity to Genovia and ensuring Mia does not embarrass her country while Mia prefers to focus on politics. Though she and Mia butt heads often, she does care for her granddaughter and gives her advice about love and relationships that Mia takes with a grain of salt due to her grandmother's cold nature. For example, when Clarisse was married to the king of Genovia, she led him to believe that she was only interested in his status and money and never once said "I love you", in order to keep her husband on his toes. Mia also mentions that her father is terrified of his mother because she would lock him in the palace dungeons whenever he misbehaved (although when she informs him that he gives the appearance of being a little bit scared of Clarisse in Princess in the Spotlight, her father replies that he is not scared of his mother and that she really isn't as bad as Mia thinks; in his view, Clarisse "just needs proper handling").
While in New York to give Mia her princess lessons, the dowager princess resided in the Plaza Hotel, and was dissatisfied with other quality luxury hotels she was placed in during Princess On the Brink, when the Plaza was being remodeled.
Lilly Moscovitz[edit]
Mia's best friend since kindergarten, Lilly is a highly intelligent and opinionated person who has her own public-access television show, titled Lilly Tells It Like It Is, in which she discusses political and social issues. By the end of the series, her TV show is picked up by a network and is apparently very popular in South Korea.
Mia admires Lilly's bravery and unwillingness to be pushed around by others, though Lilly knows her insensitivity and forceful personality can cause her to be disliked. Mia and Lilly often enjoy discussing popular culture, but Lilly's strong stances often cause her and Mia to clash, especially when Mia feels Lilly is becoming too critical of her. Nevertheless, Lilly's blunt attitude is what often keeps Mia from over-analyzing things, such as her relationship with Michael, Lilly's older brother. Mia was initially afraid to share her crush on Michael with Lilly, but in fact, Lilly was one of the conspirators who helped Mia and Michael get together in Princess in Love.
Lilly is not considered to be very pretty; Mia often describes her face as being "squashed in like a pug's". However, she has a well-developed figure, which earns her several romantic suitors, including Boris Pelkowski, Mia's cousin Hank, Jangbu the immigrant busboy, J.P. Reynolds, and Kenny Showalter. Boris is Lilly's first boyfriend, but the relationship ends when she begins seeing Jangbu in Princess in Pink. In Party Princess, Lilly hooks up with J.P., but he dumps her in Princess On the Brink. Lilly becomes angry at Mia when she finds out that Mia kissed J.P., and refuses to speak to her any more, going so far as to start a website called 'ihatemiathermopolis.com'. Lilly ignores Mia's attempts to make up until she finds out that Mia is planning to lose her virginity to J.P., when she tells Mia about his lies and plans to use Mia's fame to his own advantage. Lilly also helps indirectly repair Mia and Michael's relationship. The girls make up and become best friends again; they are still close by the events of Royal Wedding, with Lilly now attending Columbia Law School.
Michael Moscovitz[edit]
Lilly's older brother, and Mia's main love interest throughout the series. Mia states that she has been in love with Michael since the day he came over to give Lilly a school project when they were in the first grade and he was in the fourth. From the end of the first book to the third, Mia has an unrequited crush on Michael, which he finally reciprocates in Princess in Love. Their relationship continues through Mia's sophomore year and Michael's first year at Columbia University, but their relationship becomes slightly strained when Michael tells Mia he would like to have sex while Mia would prefer to wait until her prom night. Michael respects Mia's wishes but when Michael gets an offer to move to Japan, he believe it would be easier for their relationship as he is "tired of taking cold showers". Mia proposes sex in order to keep him from leaving, but is upset to find out that he slept with Judith Gershner before they began dating, and the two break up. Michael believes Mia is overreacting and attempts to reconcile with her before leaving for Japan, but is hurt to find her sharing a kiss with J.P. Mia attempts to reunite and work out the distance situation but Michael decides that it is best they remain "just friends" and they begin a regular email correspondence. When Michael returns from Japan after an absence of almost two years, he flirts with Mia during her interview for the school paper. Mia notices that Michael still looks incredibly hot and realises that she does still, indeed, love him. The two eventually kiss, despite Mia having a boyfriend, and Michael declares that he still loves Mia and will wait for her. They reunited on Mia's prom night and they have sex.
Michael has brown eyes and thick, dark hair and is tall. He is extremely handsome, nice, funny, smart, and manly, despite staying cooped up writing songs or on his computer the whole day. Mia insists that he is the third best-looking guy at AEHS after Josh Richter and Justin Baxendale and describes his nose as aquiline, mouth as "eminently kissable", and neck as aromatic due to an intoxicating blend of Tide from his shirt collar, his Gillette shaving foam, and Ivory soap.
Michael is described as romantic and talented. Though he often clashes with his younger sister, Michael and Lilly are in fact close siblings and friends. He used to run his own webzine,Crackhead, but had to disband it after an editorial stating the merits of Linux over Windows, which caused a loss of advertisers and funds. Shortly after this, Michael starts a band called Skinner Box (a name suggested by Mia) with a few friends, including Boris Pelkowski.
Michael loves Mia just as she is, though her neurotic behavior and insecurity frustrate him. In fact, Michael is the one who often feels insecure in their relationship, because he knows Grandmere does not think he is an appropriate consort, and all the gossip magazines would much rather prefer to see Mia date a fellow royal or celebrity like James Franco or (as Mamaw suggests) Zac Efron. He moves to Japan to develop the CardioArm for this reason, believing it would prove to the world that he is, in fact, worthy of dating a princess. Michael returns to New York a multi-millionaire and the president/owner of his own robotics company, Pavlov Robotics, named after his dog. Michael donates a robot arm to Genovia from his company for free even though the waiting list is long, helping Mia's father win the election. Mia realizes that she is still in love with Michael, but tries to convince herself otherwise. When she and Michael kiss on a coach ride, however, she writes, "I can't do this to J.P. I just can't. Oh my God, though, I love Michael so much." When J.P. and Mia split due to J.P using her and lying to her, she and Michael reunite, spending the night together.
Secondary characters[edit]
Lars van der Hooten: Mia's very protective Swedish bodyguard. He voices his mind in a way that is annoying when he thinks Mia is being particularly ridiculous, but goes along with her schemes anyway. He also turns a blind eye to Mia and Michael when they make out, for which Mia is grateful. He gets on very well with Michael (especially in the first book when Lars seems to know that Michael likes Mia), never offers any opinion on Lilly, and becomes friends with Tina's bodyguard, Wahim. Lars also likes Mia's French teacher Mademoiselle Klein. He is known to be a 'big softie' deep down inside.
Tina Hakim Baba: A student at AEHS, Tina is the daughter of a Saudi Arabian oil sheik and a British former supermodel. Because of her father's status, she has to have the protection of a bodyguard, Wahim, which isolates her from the other students until Mia sits with her after a fight with Lilly in the first novel. The three girls quickly develop a solid friendship, and Tina eventually uses her generous weekly allowance to support Lilly's public-access television show. She first goes out with Dave Farouq-El-Abar from another school, 'Trinity', and after he breaks up with her, she begins dating Boris Pelkowski. After Mia and Lilly's estrangement at the end of the eighth novel, Mia comes to see Tina as her best friend. Tina constantly reads romance novels, making Mia consider her an expert in romance. Though prone to imaginative flights of fancy and often a little silly, Tina can be extremely acute about both academic and social matters. She is very loyal to Mia, who often consults her for sensitive advice rather than the harsher Lilly. Tina also believes that she must remain pure, because she dreams that one day she will marry Prince William, and to do so, she must remain a virgin, though she admits to having slept with Boris by Forever Princess. She becomes a medical student at New York University, and has broken up with Boris by the beginning of book eleven, though they eventually get back together.
Helen Thermopolis: Mia's mother. She has a career as an artist and spends most of her time in her studio, and becomes pregnant with Frank's son and Mia's half brother Rocky in the second book. According to Mia, she is very pretty and her neck smells of Dove (soap), turpentine and coffee, but according to Mia's dad, her neck smells of freesias. She clearly wants the best for her daughter and is very carefree.
Frank Gianini: Mia's algebra and homeroom teacher. He dates her mother, Helen, and marries her when she becomes pregnant with Mia's half-brother, Rocky. He plays the drums, which annoys the neighbors. He is unfazed by his stepdaughter's fame, and treats her the same as every other student during class; he also "has a thing about cell-phone usage during class time", as Lana finds out in Princess in Waiting. Mia grows to appreciate his after-school algebra review sessions, and though their relationship begins awkwardly, Mia and Mr. G seem to get along well after the seventh installment. He passes away from a heart attack before the eleventh book, and Mia names her community center after him.
John Paul "J.P." Reynolds Abernathy IV: Initially known as "The Guy Who Hates It When They Put Corn In the Chili," J.P. meets Mia via Grandmère's school musical in Party Princess. He joins Mia's friend group soon after, and begins to date Lilly at the end of the book. J.P. is first described as having "broad shoulders, floppy brown hair, and surprisingly blue eyes," though several characters later state that Mia and J.P. look good together because they are both so "tall and blond." He breaks up with Lilly in book eight, and kisses Mia after her breakup with Michael. They grow closer in book nine, with shared interests in musicals and writing, and begin dating after he confesses his love for Mia. They break up in the last book when Mia finds out that he used her to further his playwriting career, and lied about saving his virginity for her. By Royal Wedding, he is an unsuccessful screenwriter and novelist, and continues attempting to reconcile with Mia. Michael later discovers that he is RoyalRabbleRouser - an Internet blogger posting vicious comments about Mia - and has him reported to Interpol.
Boris Pelkowski: A Russian violin virtuoso, and Lilly's boyfriend until book five. His habits include tucking his sweater into his pants, breathing through his mouth, and playing the violin in Gifted and Talented class, when everyone else wants him to be quiet. After Lilly dumps him, he starts dating Tina Hakim Baba. During the summer before sophomore year, he lifts weights, gets laser eye surgery and becomes (by Mia's standards) a hottie. Boris is a "say it like it is or say nothing at all" sort of guy. He becomes friends with Michael after joining his band, and in the ninth installment, it appears that they remain in contact, as he implores Mia to respond to Michael's emails so that he won't think she's 'forgotten' about him. By the eleventh book, he has become a popstar known as 'Boris P'. Tina breaks up with him when she finds photos of him with another girl, but they get back together at Mia and Michael's wedding when he proves that they were photoshopped.
Josh Richter: Lana Weinberger's boyfriend until the fifth book. He is on the crew team and is co-valedictorian. Mia describes him as the most attractive boy in school; he is very tall and muscular and has "electric" blue eyes. At the end of the first book, Josh takes Mia to the Cultural Diversity Dance, where he kisses her on the entrance steps of her school. Realizing that he used her to enter the media spotlight, Mia dumps him afterwards and tries to avoid him, even though this is difficult because of their adjacent lockers.
Lana Weinberger: A popular junior cheerleader with long blonde hair, a peaches-and-cream complexion, baby blue eyes and a voluptuous figure. She dates Josh Richter from the start of the series until the summer break between the fifth and sixth books, when they split up after he goes to college. Lana has a younger sister, Gretchen, who starts at AEHS in book eight and has a very similar personality. Lana is very spiteful towards Mia and constantly taunts her until a major shift in book nine, when she offers the olive branch after Lilly and Mia's friendship ends. They become good friends, with Mia noting that Lana is actually a nice but misunderstood person, though she is sometimes frustrated by Lana's shallowness.
Shameeka Taylor: One of Mia's friends, she has an overprotective father. She is athletic and the most attractive of Mia's friends, but also sensible, and headstrong, joining the cheerleading team because she is tired of letting Lana push her around. After she joins the cheerleaders, Lana claims that the African-American Shameeka was put on the team to "fill our freak quota". Nevertheless, Shameeka becomes quite popular, apparently leaving Mia's group in books seven and eight while remaining on friendly terms, but returning in book nine when Lana and Trisha become friends with Mia. In book eleven, Mia mentions that she now works in marketing for Vera Wang.
Ling Su Wong: An Asian American artist friend of Mia's with illegible "artist handwriting". She admires Mia's mother Helen, mainly because they are both talented artists. Mia thinks she is very pretty; in the first book, she is apparently asked out seven times. In book seven, she is the treasurer for Mia's school government until they go broke. She concentrates more on academic matters rather than things such as prom and dating, though Mia likes her despite her nerdiness. In the tenth book, she goes to prom with Perin, and they become a couple by the eleventh book.
Prince René of Italy: First seen in the fourth novel, René is Mia's distant cousin. Clarisse tries to fix them up, but fails because of their mutual lack of interest. He is described as devilishly handsome; Mia notes that he has a "impressing" six-pack, accentuated by the tiny Speedos he enjoys wearing on the beach. His exploits include playing strip-tennis with a government official's wife, strip bowling with Lilly and the other royals, entertaining topless sunbathers in the pool house, disappearing with a prime minister's eighteen-year-old daughter, and photo-copying his nether-region in the palace administration office. After being deposed from his ancestral palace, which is bought by a shoe designer, Rene resides at the Palais de Genovia. In the ninth installment, René impregnates Contessa Trevanni's niece, Bella, and they are suddenly married; although the circumstances sound unfavorable, their marriage seems happy. In the tenth book, he runs against Mia's dad for Prime Minister of Genovia, but loses.
"Mamaw" Shirley Thermopolis and "Papaw" Thermopolis: Helen's mother and father from Versailles, Indiana, whom she constantly feuds with. Nevertheless, they keep in touch, and are portrayed in the second novel as perfect stereotypes of the "small-town" American lifestyle. Helen tries to contact them as little as possible, due to their disapproval of her decision to keep Mia and her liberal upbringing.
Hank Thermopolis: Mia's handsome cousin, who has spent most of his life in Indiana with his grandparents. When they visit Helen and Mia in Manhattan, he disappears with Lilly Moscovitz. Mia thinks they are in love, but he merely confesses to Lilly his secret desire to become a model, and Lilly helps him sign up with Elite Model Agency and land a contract with Calvin Klein. His Hoosier drawl then disappears. From then on, he stays in New York and becomes a famous underwear model.
Kenneth "Kenny" Showalter: Mia's first boyfriend. Kenny is good at biology and chemistry, and a fan of anime. He wants to discover a cure for cancer when he becomes older. It is hinted that his feelings for Mia are still romantic even after they break up. In book six, he pretends to have a "perfect" girlfriend named Heather, but later admits that he invented her to make Mia jealous. Kenny later forms a much more requited and equal relationship with Lilly, who is more similar to him than Mia is, and they end up going to Columbia together. Like Mia, Kenny is tall, blond and skinny, and Mia thinks he is pretty cute, but finds the idea of kissing him revolting.
Perin Thomas: A new student at AEHS introduced in book six. At first, Mia can't figure out whether Perin is a boy or a girl. She turns out to be a girl and eventually joins Mia's friend group, though she is again mistaken for a boy in Grandmère's musical, in which she is given a male role. Perin is one of Mia's 'nicer' friends, and is also surprisingly strong and well-mannered. In book ten, it is implied that Perin and Ling Su are romantically involved with each other, though this is not confirmed until the eleventh book, when they are shown running the Frank Gianini Community Center with Mia.
Trisha Hayes: Introduced in book six, one of Lana's cronies who helps terrorize Mia, but later befriends her at Lana's whim. Like Lana, Trisha is a pretty, popular mean girl, though Mia comments that Geometry teacher Mr. Harding once made her cry over her isoceles triangles.
Judith Gershner: A friend of Michael, whom Mia suspects of having romantic feelings for him. She later becomes the cause of Mia and Michael's breakup in book eight when it is revealed that he lost his virginity to her, but did not tell Mia about it. She is known for being able to clone fruit flies.
Karen Martinez: An overly critical English teacher who continually demands more from Mia's writing, though this may be an excuse to personally pick on Mia. Tina thinks she is very pretty, comparing her to Maggie Gyllenhaal, and often comments on her clothes, but turns against her after giving her a B in English. Mia and J.P. decide that it is simply because she doesn't like their writing style.
Rocky Thermopolis-Gianini: Mia's half-brother, the son of her mother, Helen, and her algebra teacher, Mr. Gianini. Mia is incredibly over-protective of him, so much that Helen seems to be irritated that Mia thinks her mother is incapable of raising her second child. Lilly has also expressed that she thinks Mia is over-protective of him, repeatedly calling her a baby-licker in book six. Rocky is very cute but slightly overweight.
Sebastiano Grimaldi: Mia's second cousin, and second in line to the throne of Genovia after Mia. He is an up-and-coming fashion designer who designs some of Mia's gowns, and often has trouble pronouncing multi syllable words (example: "butt" instead of "butter"). He once took photos of Mia trying on dresses, but apologises by making her a nice dress for the Non-denominational Winter Dance, which turns out to be the best night of Mia's life. In the tenth book, it is revealed that he becomes a famous fashion designer, and even has a line of jeans in Walmart.
Ruth and Morty Moscovitz: Michael and Lilly's parents, both psychoanalysts. They separate in book seven, but begin to rekindle their relationship in book eight. As shown in the seventh installment, they tend to focus too much on their own lives and concerns. When they do broach sensitive subjects with their children, they usually psychoanalyze them as well, a habit that has a very bad effect on Lilly, who inherits her intelligence and hobby of analyzing people from them. Michael, who is more perceptive, avoids their attention by keeping more to himself.
Olivia Grace Clarisse Mignonette Harrison Renaldi: First introduced in book eleven, Olivia is Mia's biracial 12-year-old half-sister, the daughter of Prince Philippe and Elizabeth, an American pilot. After her mother's death, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, who used Olivia's child support money for their personal means, and lives with them in Cranbrook, New Jersey, until Mia finds her. Like Mia, she keeps a diary which is used for the series spin-off, From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess.
Volumes[edit]
The Princess Diaries, October 2000
The Princess Diaries, Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight, June 2001 - a.k.a. - Take 2
The Princess Diaries, Volume III: Princess in Love, March 2002 - a.k.a. - Third Time Lucky
The Princess Diaries, Volume IV: Princess in Waiting, April 2003 - a.k.a. - Mia goes Fourth
The Princess Diaries, Volume IV and 1/2: Project Princess, August 2003
The Princess Diaries, Volume V: Princess in Pink, March 2004 - a.k.a. - Give me Five
The Princess Diaries, Volume VI: Princess in Training, March 2005 - a.k.a. - Sixsational
The Princess Diaries, Volume VI and 1/2: The Princess Present, October 2005
The Princess Diaries, Volume VII: Party Princess, March 2006 - a.k.a. - Seventh Heaven
The Princess Diaries, Volume VII and 1/2: Sweet Sixteen Princess, May 2006
The Princess Diaries, Volume VII and 3/4: Valentine Princess, published December 2006, but chronologically fits here, being presented as an old journal Mia finds of her Freshman Valentine's Day two years after the fact.
The Princess Diaries, Volume VIII: Princess on the Brink, January 2007 - a.k.a. - After Eight
The Princess Diaries, Volume IX: Princess Mia, December 26, 2007[2] - a.k.a. - To the Nines
The Princess Diaries, Volume X: Forever Princess, January 2009 - a.k.a. - Ten out of Ten[2]
From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess, May 19, 2015[3]
The Princess Diaries, Volume XI: Royal Wedding, June 2, 2015[3]
Illustrated by Chelsey McLaren:
Princess Lessons, March 2003
Perfect Princess, March 2004
Holiday Princess, November 2005
Errata[edit]
On April 6, 2006, Cabot announced a mistake on the back cover of her new book, Party Princess. In New Zealand and Australia, the picture on the back features Georgia Byng instead of Cabot. She said, "Don't worry. The copies of Princess Diaries 7 with Georgia Byng's picture on the back were pulled from shops, and swapped for copies of the book with the correct author's photo (mine) on the back."
In December 2006, Cabot announced that a mistake had been made in the front cover summary of Valentine Princess. Since the book chronicles Mia glancing at her old diaries, the characters Boris and Tina were not dating, rather Boris and Lilly. On the book flap, however, it says Boris and Tina are a couple. Cabot has announced that this has been fixed by the publishing company. Tina was dating Dave Farouq El-Abar at the time of books one and two.
In the tenth book (Forever Princess) Mia is writing a novel for her senior project, though she keeps it a secret from everyone but Michael, until the end of the book. At the end however she reveals this to Tina and J.P. Tina reads it instantly and thinks it is about Mia and Michael; J.P. doesn't read it and this upsets Mia, which is part of the reason they break up. At the end of the book, Mia receives an offer to get it published. (When Mia shares this news with Michael, they celebrate and this leads to a kiss, which proves that they are still in love.) Meg Cabot published "Mia's" book Ransom My Heart that can be bought in bookstores under the author name Princess of Genovia Mia Thermopolis.
Awards and nominations[edit]
2001 American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults[4]
2001 American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers[5]
2001 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age[6]
2002 International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Young Adults' Choice[7]
2002–2003 Volunteer State Book Award (Tennessee)[8]
2003 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award (Washington)[9]
Adaptations[edit]
In 2001 and 2004 respectively, two films based on the novels were produced by Walt Disney Pictures, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. Cabot has thanked the films many times in interviews and on her website because she believes that they helped boost her book sales, as well as making her the success that she is today.
In May 2006, The Harvard Crimson released reports that 19-year-old author Kaavya Viswanathan plagiarised passages from Cabot's Princess Diaries series, and other books, to place in her novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. Viswanathan's novels were subsequently pulled from the shelves.[10]
Meta-References[edit]
Mia makes many references to "the movie", which in the book is supposed to be a movie made about her life. She refers to things that relate to the real movie, for example: her dead dad, Grandmere being NICE, and breaking up with Michael in the sequel (which she thought would never happen). Lilly complains that in the movie, the portrayal of her is mean and untrue, and Tina Hakim Baba was not allowed to be in it as her overprotective father forbade it for security reasons.
Mia also makes references to the other Princess books: in the fourth book, Mia says that there are already three or four unofficial biographies out there, and that one made the bestseller list for a few seconds. The original The Princess Diaries novel did make the bestseller list.
The eighth novel mentions Samantha Madison and Jessica Mastriani, two heroines from other Meg Cabot books (All-American Girl and 1-800-Where-R-You, respectively).
See also[edit]
Novels portal
Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898–1977): the illegitimate daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, later legitimized as his legal heiress; mother of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
Jazmin Grace Grimaldi (1992–present): the illegitimate daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, born and living in the U.S.
Republic of Genoa: a historical republic bearing geographical and cultural similarities to the fictional modern Genovia.
Ruritanian romance: the general genre of story.
References[edit]
Cabot, Meg (2001). The Princess Diaries. New York, New York. HarperTrophy. ISBN 0-380-81402-1.
Cabot, Meg (2006). The Princess Diaries, Volume VII: Party Princess. New York, New York. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-072453-6.
Footnotes[edit]
Jump up ^ The Princess Diaries, Vol I, Meg Cabot
^ Jump up to: a b FAQS Meg Cabot Website.
^ Jump up to: a b "Meg Cabot Blog". Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Jump up ^ "ALA |2001 Best Books for Young Adults" Archived August 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "ALA |2001 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers" Archived June 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "The Princess Diaries, Volume I" Archived January 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Young Adults' Choices for 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
Jump up ^ "Volunteer State Book Award Winners 1978–present" Archived June 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Past Winners of the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award" Archived October 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "‘Opal’ Similar to More Books", Paras D. Bhayani and David Zhou, The Harvard Crimson, May 2, 2006
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Coordinates: 39°56′22″N 75°09′57″W / 39.9395°N 75.1658°W / 39.9395; -75.1658
Philadelphia High School for
Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA)
Address
901 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147
USA
Information
Type
Public secondary
School district
School District of Philadelphia
Principal
Joanne Beaver
Grades
9–12
Enrollment
699 (2014-15)[1]
Mascot
Pegasus
Website
http://www.capaavenueofthearts.org
The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, commonly known as CAPA, is a magnet school in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. Students major in one of seven areas: Creative Writing, Instrumental Music, Visual Arts, Theater, Dance, Vocal Music and Media Design & Television (MDTV). Students may also minor after their freshman year as long as they meet the audition requirements. The school is located on South Broad Street, in the former Ridgway Library.
Contents
[hide]
1 History
2 Notable alumni
3 Basic academic courses
4 Creative writing
4.1 Course syllabus
5 Dance
6 Instrumental music
6.1 Ensembles
7 Theatre
7.1 Course syllabus
8 Visual arts
9 Vocal music
10 Communication Technology (MDTV)
11 Activities
11.1 Extracurricular activities
11.2 Councils and committees
11.3 Clubs and organizations
11.4 Sports teams
12 See also
13 References
14 External links
History[edit]
The center section of the Ridgeway Library building
CAPA was started on February 6, 1977. It was originally located in the Atlantic building at Broad and Spruce Streets. Here CAPA shared space with the Philadelphia College of the Arts (now the University of the Arts (UA).[citation needed] CAPA was located in rented space at 260 S. Broad St. Beginning in September 1984, it moved into Palumbo Elementary School in South Philadelphia,[3] a school that was directly adjacent to a now demolished high rise housing project.[citation needed] Originally the school board was planning to close Palumbo, but it canceled the closure so CAPA could have space.[3] The staff and administration worked for years to find a new space for the school.[citation needed]
In 1997 CAPA moved to the restored Ridgway Library building at Broad and Christian Streets. The school received a large budget ($80,000) to help create the tools needed to succeed in the arts: film studios, dance studios, lights for professional theatre and a backup generator for them.
In its new location, CAPA has become a permanent part of the Avenue of the Arts.
On Saturday, June 24th, 2017, the stretch of Broad Street in front of the school was renamed Boyz II Men Boulevard before a performance with the CAPA Vocalists.[4] The R&B group attended CAPA when it occupied space in Palumbo Elementary School.
Notable alumni[edit]
Boyz II Men, male R&B vocal group.
Black Thought, MC of The Roots, formed group with friend, Questlove, while students.
Joey DeFrancesco, organist.
Anye Elite, singer-songwriter and community activist
Robert X. Golphin, '99, actor and screenwriter.
Amel Larrieux, Soul and R&B singer-songwriter and keyboardist.
Aaron Levinson, record label owner and producer.
Tony Luke, Jr., '80, actor, screenwriter, songwriter, restaurateur, and entrepreneur.
Christian McBride, bassist.
Jamar Nicholas, graphic novelist.
Angela Nissel, author and television writer.
Questlove, drummer of hip-hop band, The Roots.
Leslie Odom Jr., actor and singer, known for his performance as Aaron Burr in Hamilton (musical).
Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitarist.
Jazmine Sullivan, R&B singer-songwriter.
Stephen Tirpak, jazz recording artist.
Karen Malina White, actress.
Bryce Wilson, record label executive/producer, actor, and musician.
Basic academic courses[edit]
9th Grade
English I
Fundamentals of Science
Algebra I
World History
Health & Physical Education
10th Grade
English II
Biology
Algebra II
African-American History
Health (online)
11th Grade
English III or AP Language and Composition
U.S. Government & Politics
Geometry or Pre-Calculus
Chemistry
Spanish
12th Grade
English IV or AP Literature and Composition
Social Science
Trigonometry or AP Calculus
Anatomy & Physiology
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-04. </ref>
Creative writing[edit]
Creative Writing (CW) is responsible for various school publications and events. Many writers are also a part of the yearbook staff.
Every year, under faculty supervision, the creative writing majors get together to put on their own show, the Writers' Cafe, an expose where many creative writing students perform original pieces they have authored, ranging from simple poetry reading to dramatic performance art.
Course syllabus[edit]
Screenwriting
Students write movie scripts based on original ideas and concepts and learn the basics of writing for the "Big Screen."
Poetry I+II
This course uses personal reflections in developing individual poetic style.
Critique
Pupils learn how to analyze both works of literature and film.
Fiction I+II
Writers gain experience in fiction through reading and writing short stories in Fiction I and II.
Nonfiction I+II
These courses explore the creative aspects of essay writing. Freshmen writers take Nonfiction I and senior writers take Nonfiction II.
Journalism
In Journalism I students write editorials, news and feature articles and even write their own newspapers.
Memoir
Students are tasked with writing chapter by chapter accounts of their lives, as well as reading memoirs by published authors, in order to gain a deeper understanding of themselves.
Playwriting
Students learn to write original scripts for plays.[5]
Dance[edit]
The CAPA Dance Department instructs their students in different levels of Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, and Flamenco under the direction of LaDeva Davis. Dance majors perform annually in the Thanksgiving Day Parade as well as the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C..[6]
Instrumental music[edit]
The CAPA Instrumental Department encompasses a wide variety of performances and ensembles, including Concert Band, Orchestra, String ensembles, Jazz ensemble and a number of smaller groups. Students participate in these ensembles on a daily basis and are also instructed in such topics as music theory, composition and improvisation. CAPA students are integral members of the All-Philadelphia High School music ensembles and have participated in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association ensemble program at the District, Regional and All-State levels.
Graduates of the CAPA instrumental program have attended some of America's finest Colleges, Universities and Conservatories, including the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute, the Peabody Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music.
The instrumentalists have taken trips to play all over the Tri-State area from Harrisburg to Atlantic City. The CAPA Concert band has also recorded their own CD entitled Superlative.
Ensembles[edit]
Orchestra
Led by Nanette Foley, this full symphony orchestra's repertoire includes a vast library of classical music along with arrangements of more modern pieces. A smaller iteration of the same orchestra plays the music for the school musical each year.
Concert Band
Led by Brian Ewing, the concert band focuses on contemporary band works and classical transcriptions.
Jazz Band
The CAPA Jazz Band, a "Big Band", is also led by Brian Ewing and plays music from many eras of jazz history.
String Ensemble
Led by Foley, the string ensemble is a large group of string instruments which normally plays classical music.
String Quartet
String Quartet is reserved for more advanced string players. Those rostered into this class are split up into two quartets, both of which learn chamber pieces. The string quartet often plays professionally. The quartets are instructed by Nanette Foley.
Saxophone Quartet
Organized by Brian Ewing, this student run group is available for engagements.
CAPA Jazz Sextet
Organized by Brian Ewing, this student-led group is in high demand for straight-ahead small group traditional jazz.
Theatre[edit]
The Theater Department puts on an average of seven performances a year, plus three more by the MyVision Theater Ensemble, a selective theater group. Elsa Johnson Bass retired from teaching in 2014, and Jennifer Kramny took her place for the 2014-15 school year. Dr. Marlene Goebig and Jennifer Kramny produce and direct the performances. The students actors also work in partnership with the Philadelphia Theatre Company to see plays and write their own pieces with teaching artists from the company.
Course syllabus[edit]
Movement
Students learn the basics of the human body through the Alexander Technique, Yoga, Ballet, Modern Dance, other Dance styles, Theater Games, and exercise.
Principals of Theater I+II
Students learn the history of theater from the moment it was created out of religious ceremonies to present day. Students also learn methods of acting from Stanislavski, Chekov and other masters. Students learn basics of playwriting, with special emphasis on monologue writing. They learn about set, lighting, design, directing, critique, publicity, costuming, and much more. They study other forms of art to enhance their knowledge of their own, and read plays varying from classics like Oedipus, Death of A Salesman, Glass Managerie to more modern ones such as How I Learned to Drive.
Visual arts[edit]
CAPA's Visual Arts department covers a variety of disciplines, including: drawing and painting taught by Mark McQuilling, graphic design taught by Jacquelyne Gilmore Stallworth, commercial arts taught by Steven Nau and ceramics and 3-dimensional sculpture taught by Maria Lengauer.
Freshmen and sophomores focus on drawing and quick sketching. Students also study the human body and perspective. The Freshman students are introduced to hand-built pottery and 3-D clay design, and learn basic graphic design.
The juniors and seniors learn advanced graphic design, commercial art, continue painting, advanced 3-D sculpture and work on college portfolios.
Throughout all four years at CAPA, art major students are required to enter a variety of contests, and complete various projects.[7]
Vocal music[edit]
There are two separate choruses : Concert Choir and Mixed Choir. There is also a Combined Choir period where the entire major (all classes) sing and perform repertoire together. Concert Choir is the elite, select group of singers (Sophomores to Seniors), to get in students must keep up their grades, be competent and respectful in class, and sing out. The Mixed Choir is where Freshman students begin and the upperclassmen who do not make it into Concert Choir sing in this ensemble as well. All vocal majors have to take at least one year of Solfeggio (two if you begin in Freshman year). Solfeggio (or Solfege) is a sight reading and ear training course, you will also learn piano skills in these courses. Solfeggio I is currently taught by Brian Ewing and Solfeggio II is taught by Nanette Foley. Juniors take Music History. In addition, an Advanced Placement Theory class is required for seniors to teach them how to master the art of harmony. You must pass all of these courses to graduate.
The CAPA choirs have achieved a position of excellence among choral groups in the Delaware Valley.
A few of the choir's notable singing engagements:
Performed at Barack Obama's inauguration
Multiple appearances on daily news shows
Performance with Sydney James Harcourt of Hamilton at the April 2017 opening of the Museum of the American Revolution
Berlioz' "Romeo et Juliet" with Riccardo Muti and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Two appearances with Barry Manilow at The Mann Music Center & one at The Wells Fargo Center
Appearance in the CBS special "Dreams" for which the school received an Emmy
Appearance with Peter Nero and the "Philly Pops" at The Academy of Music
Performed at then-Mayor Rendell's inauguration at the Academy
Appearances in the Channel 6 Thanksgiving Day Parade[8]
Appearance with Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel) at the Academy of Music
Communication Technology (MDTV)[edit]
Communication Technology or MDTV (stands for Media, Design & Television)[9] is the most recent addition to the majors available at CAPA. Students learn filming, video editing, storyboarding, photography, and graphic design taught by Scott E. Kaufman and André Beckett. MDTV students also submit their work into a variety of external film festivals and contests. The major hosts multiple events throughout the year such as Fright Fest and CAPA's annual film festival.
Activities[edit]
Besides academic and art courses, CAPA offers many extracurricular activities, organizations, and sports teams to students.
Extracurricular activities[edit]
United Writers and Artists (UWA)[10]
CAPA's literary magazine is staffed by selected visual artists and writers, based on merit and talent, and is run like a professional magazine. These students are not responsible for the publication of the magazine, neither in print or online. Writing and art published in the magazine is mostly original work of CAPA students. The Internet department cannot maintain the school website.
The Encore (yearbook)
The organization responsible for the production of the senior yearbooks. Yearbook is sponsored by Jacquelyne Gilmore Stallworth and business manager Maria Lengauer.
Councils and committees[edit]
Student Council[11]
CAPA's student council is composed of student representatives elected or selected by each advisory, so that all grade levels and majors are accounted for. Student Council operates as a venue through which student voices are heard. This group also organizes various activities.
Class committees
Class committees include the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior committees. These committees are responsible for the organization of class meetings, fundraisers, dances, etc.
Clubs and organizations[edit]
Down to Earth Club - Coordinator: Ian Notte
Gay Straight Alliance - Coordinator: Jennifer Kramny
National Honor Society
Mock Trial - Coordinator: Joseph Grinkewicz
Art History Club - Coordinator: Emily Werboff
Photography Club - Coordinator: Mr. Kaufman
Model UN - Coordinator: Joseph Grinkewicz
MyVision Theatre Ensemble - Coordinator: Marlene Goebig
Gospel Choir - Coordinators: Xavier Wilson, Yusef Collins-Bryant, Nadia Williams (sponsored by Brittney L. Thomas)
Class Committees
Student Council - Coordinator: Grace Palladino
Sports teams[edit]
Basketball - Coach: Mychal Bligen
Cross Country - Coach: Mychal Bligen
Softball - Coach: Mychal Bligen
Volleyball - Coach: Jeremy Wright
See also[edit]
Philadelphia portal
Schools portal
List of schools of the School District of Philadelphia
Library Company of Philadelphia
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Snyder, Susan. "It's good to be king - of your high school Guys get their own pageant." Philadelphia Inquirer. March 13, 2005. Retrieved on September 21, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "ARTS HIGH TO SHARE PALUMBO SCHOOL SPACE." Philadelphia Daily News. May 24, 1984. Retrieved on September 21, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Another honor for Boyz II Men: Philly street with their name". Philly.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
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Former schools
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The High School of Music & Art (New York City)
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