The princess diaries

'You're not Mia Thermopolis any more, honey,' Dad said. 'You're Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo.

Princess of Genovia.'A PRINCESS?? ME???Yeah. Right. One minute Mia's a totally normal Manhattan 14-year-old.

Next minute she's heir to the throne of Genovia, being trailed by a trigger-happy bodyguard, taking princess lessons with her bonkers old grandmere, and having a makeover with someone called Paolo.

Well, her dad can lecture her till he's royal-blue in the face, but no way is Mia going to turn herself into a style-queen. And they think she's moving to Genovia? Er, hello?"Hilarious . . . reading her journal is like reading a note from your best friend . . . an off-the-wall sense of humour that will have readers laughing out loud." Booklist