Blog Post on Independent Reading Book

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.