Disney's Sleeping Beauty is not a real person. I never thought that Disney's Snow White was a real person. Whenever I'm writing characters, my goal is always to make them feel like real people. Painting realistic young female characters has always been crucial to Hale, who never falls into the stereotypical damsel in distress princesses we constantly see elsewhere. Hale recently made headlines with a blog post called " No Boys Allowed: School Visits as a Woman Writer." I spoke with Hale about the well-rounded female characters that populate her book universes, but why, as she says in her blog, she never wants her stories to be seen as "girl" books. These girls are crackerjacks, and as Miri will come to find out, some are a bit more rough and tumble than the palace is used to. But if you haven't read these books, don't get the wrong idea about princesses. Hot on the heels of the anniversary, Hale returned to the Princess Academy universe with the third book of the series, The Forgotten Sisters, where the tables have turned and now Miri is tasked with training the next generation of potential princesses. It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since Shannon Hale released her Newbery Honor-winning Princess Academy, starring the whip smart, determined princess-in-training Miri.
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