by Shannon Hale
First published 2015
Miri returns home to her beloved Mount Eskel, but the king and queen have a new task for her - journey to a distant swamp and start her own princess academy for three royal cousins. Once there, Miri must solve a mysterious threat before she can go back. Surrounded by intrigue and danger, Miri finds her true strength lies not in royalty, but in the bonds of sisterhood she forges with her students.
Genres: fiction, adventure, fantasy, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Mount Eskel, Swamp
335 pages · Kindle Edition · Bloomsbury Children's Books