Chapter One and Chapter Two Summary

The Princess Academy is the story of Miri, a girl born in the village of Mount Eskel, part of the kingdom of Danland. Miri's village is chosen by the kingdom's priests as the home of the next queen, so she and all the eligible girls between the ages of 12 and 17 must attend the Princess Academy to be taught how to be a princess.

In Chapter One, Miri wakes before her family and plans to go to the linder mine to prepare for the traders' arrival. Pa will not let her. She and her sister Marda go through the chores and Miri says she is determined to trade with the lowlander Enrik, who is stingy. Miri has never been allowed in the linder mines and she does not know why. Linder is the village's only natural...