8. Party Princess by Meg Cabot The Princess Diaries

            Party Princess is Volume VII in the Princess Diaries series which can be found in the Young Adult Room.  The book takes place during Princess Mia’s sophomore year of high school.  She is still battling her grandmere’s involvement in her life, defining her relationship with Lilly her best friend, and overreacting to the problems of teenage life.  As in previous books Mia is insecure about her relationship with Michael, gets caught up in school activities, and makes a fool of herself in public.  Of course, this neurotic teenager manages to get through her series of perceived troubles to get to a “happy” place.