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The Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot

In the series The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot, is about a 15 year old girl who had an ordinary life, until her grandmother told her she was the princess of a small European country. Her live changed. People treated her differently, her friends did too, but in the end she kept some old friends, and made new ones. Her family and friends stood bye her. A person who Mia doesn’t know is always there is her grandmother Grandmére. Mia gets frustrated with Grandmére because she pushes Mia to be the best,, since she thinks so has a lot of potential.

Mia’s grandmother does a lot of strange things to Mia that affects her life in one way or another. For example, in Princess in Pink Mia wants to go to prom with her boyfriend Michael. On her birthday, her grandmother brings her dog to a restaurant and causes the workers to go on strike. It effected Mia’s life because the restaurant where the workers went on strike, was the location where the senior prom was to be held. Her grandmother doesn’t always understand Mia, the way she thinks and the twenty-first century concepts, like dating, or prom. Her grandmother also told the press about her before everyone knew she was a princess. Which made her have to go and do interviews live and in public (and Mia isn’t much of a public speaker). She tries to ruin her love life with Michael, by trying to get her together with her royal cousin Rene. Mia thinks all these things are bad, but are they?

Those things aren't always bad or good. Mia doesn't realize that the things her grandmother does benefits her no matter what. Even though it seems like those things are bad, her grandmother tries hard to fix them, and to teach Mia lessons when she can, during her princess lessons. She gives Mia challenges to help her become a better ruler of a country and as a person as well. Her grandmother not only teaches her how to be a princess, and soon after a queen, and how to live life, and how to be friends. 

In conclusion, I think Mia is incredibly lucky to have a women like Grandmére to teach her things. Also, sometimes Mia takes Grandmére for granted with somethings. She doesn't understand that Grandmére isn't going to be around for ever. The challenges and things Grandmére makes Mia do make her a stronger person, to help her life and on the throne. Grandmére loves Mia, and I think that is why she does those things to Mia, to push her to be the best she can be.

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 The Princess Diaries: Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot

In Princess in Pink, Volume V, (in the Princess Diaries series,) by Meg Cabot, it is Michael’s (Mia’s senior boyfriends) prom. Mia is a freshman, so she can’t go to prom with her friends (since they are going) unless she goes with Michael. This is Mia’s last year to be with Michael, at Albert Einstein High School (her school) for prom. Her dilemma is that Michael hasn’t asked her, and it is one week away. She wanted Michael to ask her on her 15^th birthday, but he didn't. Mia got all worried that he was losing interest, and doesn't love her. As a princess, she feels like she should go to prom with her boyfriend, and friends, since they have senior boyfriends. Having a couple, with such a big age difference can be hard, and sometimes a great idea, and not a great idea.

At her 15th birthday party, while they are playing seven minutes in heaven, Mia asks why he hasn't asked her to prom. He says, "Prom is so lame and stupid." Mia overreacts, and gets mad at him for no reason. Just because he didn't ask her to prom. Since she is 15, all she wants is to go to prom, with her boyfriend. But at her senior prom, Michael will be out of college, and the thing she is worried about, is that Micheal will have a beard. That is ridiculous, they aren't going to be together forever. Why does it matter, it is Michael's senior prom, not hers. She should do what he wants for his senior prom, like go to a movie, or spend time together. All Mia wants to do is be a pretty dress, and be with Michael like the Winter Carnival, where they first got together and had their first kiss. And all she wants, is to be with Michael. So why doesn't she just do what he wants to do on prom night, like watch movies and home and order in food, like they did after the Winter Carnival. They are fighting and Mia is all upset with him, but I am sure they are going to end up at prom together, and Mia will get what she wants.

My prediction is that Mia is going to end up at prom with "the boy of her dreams," and "the love of her whole life." Or Michael is going to set up a wonderful scene for them on his roof for them just to spend time together before he goes off to Columbia. And Mia is going to forgive him, because she loves him, and probably won't have another guy who is older than her interested in, since it is hard to have a relationship with such a big age gap (when you're young and in high school). Michael is so sweet to Mia, and understands relationships, but Mia doesn't since she is only 15, and doesn't know much about love really. She can be so insensitive to him. 

I think this will happen because Mia will always gets what she wants. Even if she doesn't think so. Fro example, she fights for what she wants, like helping orphans, or donating to world peace funds. And also, Mia is a character in a book. So she has to overcome obstacles to get what she wants. But I think Mia is being incredibly rude and insensitive to Michael, for overreacting. It is not like they are going to be together forever. So I think she just needs to spend time with him, and do what he wants to do while she can. This is because Mia is four years younger than Michael, and not a mature about things like the prom as he is. He just wants to be with Mia, and not with other people, he wants to do something special. But since Mia is all caught up in going with the crowd, she misses out the most important moments she could make with Michael.