Princess Mia

Princess Mia is the ninth novel in Meg Cabot's bestselling Princess Diaries series, following teenage Mia Thermopolis, the reluctant crown princess of the small European principality of Genovia while she lives and attends high school in New York City. As the book opens, Mia is heartbroken: her boyfriend Michael Moscovitz has broken up with her, her best friend Lilly won't speak to her, and her parents insist she start seeing a therapist. On top of it all, she has been invited to give a speech at a gala for Domina Rei, an elite society of powerful businesswomen, and has no idea what she could possibly say.

Cast in the same confessional diary format as the rest of the series, the book turns on Mia's discovery of a long-forgotten diary belonging to Princess Amelie, a teenage ancestor who briefly ruled Genovia centuries earlier. Reading Amelie's writing gives Mia both the inspiration for her speech and a startling insight into her family's history and the nature of Genovia's government, a discovery that could change the fate of the Renaldos.

Like the earlier volumes, Princess Mia blends comedy and romance with more earnest themes of heartbreak, self-confidence, and finding one's own voice during a low point. Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries series was a #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for Disney's hit film adaptations, and this installment continues Mia's coming-of-age as she works through depression and emerges more sure of who she is.