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* BullyingADragon: Discussed. The girls realize that Olana's SadistTeacher methods is being used on the ''future queen'' of the land and if TheDogBitesBack Olana could get ReassignedToAntarctica. They use this to bargain with Olana about the closet.
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* BullyingADragon: Discussed. The girls realize that Olana's SadistTeacher methods is being used on the ''future queen'' of the land and if TheDogBitesBack Olana could get ReassignedToAntarctica. They use this to bargain with Olana about the closet.getting fairer treatment.
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* CityMouse: Britta.
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* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Not just for the CostumePorn and the chance of marrying a prince; the girls get an education that allows their parents to turn a profit during linder trading.
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* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Not just for the CostumePorn and the chance of marrying a prince; the girls get an education that allows their parents to turn a profit during linder trading.trading.
* GoGetterGirl: Katar's motivation for her hard work at the academy.
* GoGetterGirl: Katar's motivation for her hard work at the academy.
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* SadistTeacher: Olana. She gets better.
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** Subverted with Katar after the first book; she is an AlphaBitch but she is loyal to Mount Eskel. See below.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Invoked by Miri in ''Palace of Stone''. During a tense confrontation between the commoners and nobles, Britta is the only one to notice that a shoeless boy is about to be run over, and loses her own shoes saving him. This act shocks the rebellion, and Miri uses the moment to pick up her shoes and show the crowd that Britta is now shoeless like them. After Britta [[spoiler:becomes a commoner herself]] and becomes an advocate for the shoeless, the incident takes on a sort of folkish status.
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** Esa is beyond furious when she discovers that the lowlanders have the medical knowledge to prevent this and never even thought to share it.
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* AlphaBitch: Katar.
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* AlphaBitch: Katar. [[spoiler: She gets better in the sequels.]]
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* AdultFear: ''The Forgotten Sisters'' runs on this. [[spoiler: The three princesses Astrid, Sus and Felissa, are actually King Bjorn's and Queen Sabet's children, sent to live in the swamp to avoid a repeat of history with royals [[CainAndAbel Katrina and Klas]] and the heir Steffan. Queen Sabet was broken about not fighting to keep her girls, which she considers MyGreatestFailure, and the girls ended up in poverty after their adoptive mother Elin died with traders stealing their letters and a villageman stealing their allowance. To say that Miri and the girls are angry when they learn the truth is an {{Understatement}}]].
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* AssInAmbassador: The chief delegate.
* BarefootPoverty: The poor are literally called the shoeless.
* BarefootPoverty: The poor are literally called the shoeless.
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* AssInAmbassador: The chief delegate.
delegate. So much that in ''The Forgotten Sisters'' [[spoiler: the queen fires him for overstaying his position, taking her girls away from her, and bullying Miri.]]
* BarefootPoverty: The poor are literally called the shoeless. Sus, Felissa and Astrid also don't wear shoes.
* BarefootPoverty: The poor are literally called the shoeless. Sus, Felissa and Astrid also don't wear shoes.
** The [[spoiler: chief delegate and Storan Commander Mongus]] at the end of ''The Forgotten Sisters''.
* BrokenBird: Queen Sabet after [[spoiler: she was forced to give up three of her children]]. She takes a while to grow out of this.
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* ChekhovsArmory: Of note is the linder hawk that Peder gives to Miri which [[spoiler:helps her to defeat Dan. See ImprobableWeaponUser below.]]
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* ChekhovsArmory: Of note is CallingTheOldManOut: Miri, Astrid, Felissa and Sus do this to [[spoiler: King Bjorn, Queen Sabet and the chief delegate who ordered that the girls be raised in a swamp, with no one to take care of them after their adoptive mother died.]] Miri's so furious that she smashes a vase, and Astrid refuses to forgive [[spoiler: the queen for what she did]]. Steffan makes his view on the matter clear by [[spoiler: stepping down and letting his twin sister Astrid rule.]]
* ChekhovsGun:
** The linder hawk that Peder gives to Miri which [[spoiler:helps her to defeat Dan. See ImprobableWeaponUser below.]]
** The letters that the traders never delivered between Miri, Britta, Peder and Katar. [[spoiler: Stora soldiers received the letters for coin and learned that there were three girls that were princesses hiding in the South.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Timon from ''Palace of Stone''. Peder allies with him in an EnemyMine to [[spoiler: rescue Miri and the princesses in ''The Forgotten Sisters''.]]
* ChekhovsLecture: Astrid, Felissa and Sus use their knowledge of Storan history to [[spoiler: obtain an audience with the new king and shut up his commanding officers.]]
* ChekhovsGun:
** The linder hawk that Peder gives to Miri which [[spoiler:helps her to defeat Dan. See ImprobableWeaponUser below.]]
** The letters that the traders never delivered between Miri, Britta, Peder and Katar. [[spoiler: Stora soldiers received the letters for coin and learned that there were three girls that were princesses hiding in the South.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Timon from ''Palace of Stone''. Peder allies with him in an EnemyMine to [[spoiler: rescue Miri and the princesses in ''The Forgotten Sisters''.]]
* ChekhovsLecture: Astrid, Felissa and Sus use their knowledge of Storan history to [[spoiler: obtain an audience with the new king and shut up his commanding officers.]]
* CutLexLuthorACheck: The chief delegate wants to sell the Mount Eskel mines to traders so as to fill up the royal treasury.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Katar.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Katar. By ''The Forgotten Sisters'' she and Miri are TrueCompanions.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In ''The Forgotten Sisters'' Miri tries to make a strong impression on the girls by imitating her SadistTeacher Olana. She forgets that this impression didn't work on her or her friends, and the "princesses" aren't that impressed, especially when Miri faints from dehydration.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In ''The Forgotten Sisters'' Miri tries to make a strong impression on the girls by imitating her SadistTeacher Olana. She forgets that this impression didn't work on her or her friends, and the "princesses" aren't that impressed, especially when Miri faints from dehydration.
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** Mount Eskel becomes [[spoiler: independent and not subject to noblemen's whims]]. [[spoiler: Britta and Steffan marry]] and change happens for the better.
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** Mount Eskel becomes [[spoiler: independent and not subject to noblemen's whims]]. whims by ''The Forgotten Sisters'']]. [[spoiler: Britta and Steffan marry]] and change happens for the better.better with [[spoiler: Steffan's sister Astrid becoming the crown princess and Britta becoming the new ambassador]].
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* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Not just EnemyMine: Peder and Timon in ''The Forgotten Sisters'' [[spoiler: to save Miri.]] In the previous book they were romantic rivals for the CostumePorn and the chance of marrying a prince; the girls get an education that allows their parents to turn a profit during linder trading.Miri's hand.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Not just for the CostumePorn and the chance of marrying a prince; the girls get an education that allows their parents to turn a profit during linder trading.
* HeelFaceTurn: The [[spoiler: bandit Dogface]] in ''The Forgotten Sisters''.
* HeelFaceTurn: The [[spoiler: bandit Dogface]] in ''The Forgotten Sisters''.
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* FirstGuyWins: [[spoiler:Miri gets Pedar, her childhood friend, instead of the prince she meets at the end]].
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* FirstGuyWins: [[spoiler:Miri gets Pedar, her childhood friend, instead of the prince she meets at the end]].end, and Timon later on]].
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* FishOutOfWater: Britta doesn't adapt well to mountain life.
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* FishOutOfWater: Britta doesn't adapt well to mountain life. Miri also in the swamp.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Jeffers]], the man who stole the girls' allowance and letters, suffers this when he tries to kill Miri. [[spoiler: Peder happened to be holding a gun.]]
** The chief delegate was the one who mandated that Mount Eskel be sold to traders, and [[spoiler: ordered Astrid, Felissa and Sus to be sent into exile as babies]] to avoid another potential civil war. When he tries to bully Miri and exile her from the palace, [[spoiler: Queen Sabet strips him of his position and orders ''him'']] to leave.
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* RoyalSchoolRoyalSchool: The princess academy, wherever it's set up.
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* UnwittingPawn: Britta is this in both books, first to her [[spoiler: parents]] and then to [[spoiler: the rebellious nobles]] that want to behead her to start a revolution. Even though Miri helps her, she's probably going to remain a pawn in the court.
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* UnwittingPawn: UnwittingPawn:
** Britta is this in both books, first to her [[spoiler: parents]] and then to [[spoiler: the rebellious nobles]] that want to behead her to start a revolution. Even though Miri helps her, she's probably going to remain a pawn in thecourt.court.
** Miri was supposed to be one for the chief delegate, since the only reason she went to the swamp was to receive Mount Eskel's deed to the mine and the village. He not only set her up to fail but was going to sell the deeds while she was away. He didn't anticipate that Miri would not only succeed, but also [[spoiler: stopped a war and saved his king and queen]].
** Britta is this in both books, first to her [[spoiler: parents]] and then to [[spoiler: the rebellious nobles]] that want to behead her to start a revolution. Even though Miri helps her, she's probably going to remain a pawn in the
** Miri was supposed to be one for the chief delegate, since the only reason she went to the swamp was to receive Mount Eskel's deed to the mine and the village. He not only set her up to fail but was going to sell the deeds while she was away. He didn't anticipate that Miri would not only succeed, but also [[spoiler: stopped a war and saved his king and queen]].
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* MissingMom: Miri and Katar have no mother.
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* MissingMom: MissingMom:
** Miri and Katar have no mother.
** Miri and Katar have no mother.
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** Astrid, Felissa, and Sus's mom Elin died of summer fever when Sus was still a baby. [[spoiler: Subverted. She wasn't really their mother, but she did die and their real mother was not allowed to even acknowledge their existence, let alone meet and care for them]]. The three sister and Miri bond over their loss of mothers and finally allows Miri to come into their home without a formal request.
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It wasn\'t just one novel now, it\'s three. I\'ll add more when I remember.
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* [[spoiler:DishingOutDirt: In ''Palace of Stone'', the girls manage to quarry-speech the palace linder into cracking and falling on an assassin.]]
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* [[spoiler:DishingOutDirt: DishingOutDirt: [[spoiler: In ''Palace of Stone'', the girls manage to quarry-speech the palace linder into cracking and falling on an assassin.]]
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* FirstGuyWins: [[spoiler:Peder gets the girl]].
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]:
** TheLeader: Miri.
** TheLancer: Britta.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Frid.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Katar.
** TheChick: Esa.
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]:
** TheLeader: Miri.
** TheLancer: Britta.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Frid.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Katar.
** TheChick: Esa.
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* FirstGuyWins: [[spoiler:Peder [[spoiler:Miri gets Pedar, her childhood friend, instead of the girl]].
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]:
** TheLeader: Miri.
** TheLancer: Britta.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Frid.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Katar.
** TheChick: Esa.prince she meets at the end]].
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]:
** TheLeader: Miri.
** TheLancer: Britta.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Frid.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Katar.
** TheChick: Esa.
* KirkSummation: When confronting [[spoiler: Liana]] over a betrayal, Miri shuts the latter's complaints that [[StrawmanHasAPoint Britta knew what it was like to live in luxury and without hunger]] by saying that [[spoiler: as academy princess, Steffan would have chosen Miri]] and Miri gives a blessing for the girl that Steffan really chose.
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* ShutUpHannibal:
** When confronting [[spoiler: Liana]] over a betrayal, Miri shuts the latter's complaints that [[StrawmanHasAPoint Britta knew what it was like to live in luxury and without hunger]] by saying that [[spoiler: as academy princess, Steffan would have chosen Miri]] and Miri gives a blessing for the girl that Steffan really chose.
** When confronting [[spoiler: Liana]] over a betrayal, Miri shuts the latter's complaints that [[StrawmanHasAPoint Britta knew what it was like to live in luxury and without hunger]] by saying that [[spoiler: as academy princess, Steffan would have chosen Miri]] and Miri gives a blessing for the girl that Steffan really chose.
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** Miri's own reaction when she realizes that [[spoiler: Liana, a girl of Mount Eskel]] gave said paper to the reactionaries and then [[spoiler: led an assassin]] to Britta's hiding place.
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** Miri's own reaction when she realizes that [[spoiler: Liana, a girl of Mount Eskel]] Timon, her classmate]] gave said paper to the reactionaries and then [[spoiler: Liana, a girl of Mount Eskel, led an assassin]] to Britta's hiding place.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Peder nearly delivers one to [[spoiler: Timon]] in ''Palace of Stone'' when the latter reveals that [[spoiler: the rebellious nobles hired an assassin to kill Britta]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: If Doter had spoken up earlier, or Miri's dad were less close-mouthed, Miri would know [[spoiler: why she has an OverprotectiveDad]].
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* ShutUpHannibal:
** When confronting [[spoiler: Liana]] over a betrayal, Miri shuts the latter's complaints that [[StrawmanHasAPoint Britta knew what it was like to live in luxury and without hunger]] by saying that [[spoiler: as academy princess, Steffan would have chosen Miri]] and Miri gives a blessing for the girl that Steffan really chose.
* SmugSnake: Gummoth, the king's official. He's the one encouraging the king to overtax the nobles and commoners.
** When confronting [[spoiler: Liana]] over a betrayal, Miri shuts the latter's complaints that [[StrawmanHasAPoint Britta knew what it was like to live in luxury and without hunger]] by saying that [[spoiler: as academy princess, Steffan would have chosen Miri]] and Miri gives a blessing for the girl that Steffan really chose.
* SmugSnake: Gummoth, the king's official. He's the one encouraging the king to overtax the nobles and commoners.
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* TokenEvilTeammate:
** [[spoiler: Liana]] becomes this, after she [[spoiler: allows Britta to be betrayed]].
** Subverted with Katar after the first book; she is an AlphaBitch but she is loyal to Mount Eskel. See below.
** [[spoiler: Liana]] becomes this, after she [[spoiler: allows Britta to be betrayed]].
** Subverted with Katar after the first book; she is an AlphaBitch but she is loyal to Mount Eskel. See below.
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* TrueCompanions: The girls of Mount Eskel eventually, after the school brings them together.
* UnwittingPawn: Britta is this in both books, first to her [[spoiler: parents]] and then to [[spoiler: the rebellious nobles]] that want to behead her to start a revolution. Even though Miri helps her, she's probably going to remain a pawn in the court.
* UnwittingPawn: Britta is this in both books, first to her [[spoiler: parents]] and then to [[spoiler: the rebellious nobles]] that want to behead her to start a revolution. Even though Miri helps her, she's probably going to remain a pawn in the court.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Britta's father]] smoked out his daughter after planning to use her as an UnwittingPawn to marry [[spoiler: Prince Stefan]].
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* BreakTheHaughty: Katar gets doses of this.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The commonfolk have a good reason to be angry when they have no power going against corrupt nobles, abd a so-called "fake" commoner [[spoiler: like Britta]] gets the crown. Mount Eskel [[spoiler: nearly]] suffers taxation that would starve the quarry-folk. With that said, the royalty has a point in wanting to fight the WellIntentionedExtremist revolutionaries that would execute nobles [[spoiler: and nearly kill Britta]] and create anarchy instead of equality.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The commonfolk have a good reason to be angry when they have no power going against corrupt nobles, abd a so-called "fake" commoner [[spoiler: like Britta]] gets the crown. Mount Eskel [[spoiler: nearly]] suffers taxation that would starve the quarry-folk. With that said, the royalty has a point in wanting to fight the WellIntentionedExtremist revolutionaries that would execute nobles [[spoiler: and nearly kill Britta]] and create anarchy instead of equality.
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* BreakTheHaughty: BreakTheHaughty:
** Katar gets doses of this.
** So does [[spoiler: Britta's father]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
** [[spoiler: Britta's father]] pretended that his daughter would pose as a commoner so that she would have a chance at marrying the prince. In ''Palace of Stone'' [[spoiler: the king makes Britta into a commoner, stripping her family of their lands]].
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The commonfolk and nobles have a good reason to be angry when they have no power going against corrupt nobles,abd the king tasks them to starvation, and a so-called "fake" commoner [[spoiler: like Britta]] gets the crown. Mount Eskel [[spoiler: nearly]] suffers taxation that would starve the quarry-folk. With that said, the royalty has a point in wanting to fight the WellIntentionedExtremist revolutionaries that would execute nobles [[spoiler: and nearly kill Britta]] and create anarchy instead of equality.
** Katar gets doses of this.
** So does [[spoiler: Britta's father]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
** [[spoiler: Britta's father]] pretended that his daughter would pose as a commoner so that she would have a chance at marrying the prince. In ''Palace of Stone'' [[spoiler: the king makes Britta into a commoner, stripping her family of their lands]].
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The commonfolk and nobles have a good reason to be angry when they have no power going against corrupt nobles,
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
** In Book One the girls fight off a SadistTeacher, their own ignorance, and [[spoiler: bandits]] to gain an education. Miri finds her place on Mount Eskel, and [[spoiler: Britta gets to marry her childhood love]].
** Mount Eskel becomes [[spoiler: independent and not subject to noblemen's whims]]. [[spoiler: Britta and Steffan marry]] and change happens for the better.
** In Book One the girls fight off a SadistTeacher, their own ignorance, and [[spoiler: bandits]] to gain an education. Miri finds her place on Mount Eskel, and [[spoiler: Britta gets to marry her childhood love]].
** Mount Eskel becomes [[spoiler: independent and not subject to noblemen's whims]]. [[spoiler: Britta and Steffan marry]] and change happens for the better.
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* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Miri is like this with [[spoiler: Liana, who betrayed Britta to would-be assassins and revolutionaries.]] She forgives the latter for betrayal, but warns that if [[spoiler: Liana]] does something like that again she will tell the queen, and [[spoiler: Liana]] will be confined to her home.
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* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Miri is like this with [[spoiler: Liana, who betrayed Britta to would-be assassins and revolutionaries.]] She forgives the latter for betrayal, but warns that if [[spoiler: Liana]] does something like that again she will tell the queen, latter's parents, and [[spoiler: Liana]] will be confined to her home.
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** Olana as a SadistTeacher locks up students in the closet, at one point leaving Miri for nearly the entire night with a rat because she forgot about her. [[spoiler: The bandit Dan proceeds to lock her and Knut in the closet when they take over the academy.]]
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** Olana as a SadistTeacher locks up students in the closet, at one point leaving Miri for nearly the entire night with a rat because she forgot about her. [[spoiler: The bandit Dan proceeds to lock her and Knut in the closet when they take over the academy.academy for several days.]]
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The commonfolk have a good reason to be angry when they have no power going against corrupt nobles, abd a so-called "fake" commoner [[spoiler: like Britta]] gets the crown. Mount Eskel [[spoiler: nearly]] suffers taxation that would starve the quarry-folk. With that said, the royalty has a point in wanting to fight the WellIntentionedExtremist revolutionaries that would execute nobles [[spoiler: and nearly kill Britta]] and create anarchy instead of equality.
* BullyingADragon: Discussed. The girls realize that Olana's SadistTeacher methods is being used on the ''future queen'' of the land and if TheDogBitesBack Olana could get ReassignedToAntarctica. They use this to bargain with Olana about the closet.
* BullyingADragon: Discussed. The girls realize that Olana's SadistTeacher methods is being used on the ''future queen'' of the land and if TheDogBitesBack Olana could get ReassignedToAntarctica. They use this to bargain with Olana about the closet.
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* DeathByChildbirth: This and an earlier linder quarry accident did in Miri's MissingMom.
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* DeathByChildbirth: DeathByChildbirth:
** This and an earlier linder quarry accident did in Miri's MissingMom.
** This and an earlier linder quarry accident did in Miri's MissingMom.
* EtTuBrute:
** Britta has this reaction when Miri confesses that her school assignment that was anti-royal propaganda has been used to rouse the mobs and rebellion. Miri apologies and risks her life to protect Britta's.
** Miri's own reaction when she realizes that [[spoiler: Liana, a girl of Mount Eskel]] gave said paper to the reactionaries and then [[spoiler: led an assassin]] to Britta's hiding place.
** Britta has this reaction when Miri confesses that her school assignment that was anti-royal propaganda has been used to rouse the mobs and rebellion. Miri apologies and risks her life to protect Britta's.
** Miri's own reaction when she realizes that [[spoiler: Liana, a girl of Mount Eskel]] gave said paper to the reactionaries and then [[spoiler: led an assassin]] to Britta's hiding place.
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Miri is like this with [[spoiler: Liana, who betrayed Britta to would-be assassins and revolutionaries.]] She forgives the latter for betrayal, but warns that if [[spoiler: Liana]] does something like that again she will tell the queen, and [[spoiler: Liana]] will be confined to her home.
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** [[spoiler: Britta's parents]] want their daughter to marry the prince and create a BatmanGambit to assure that it happens. Due to political pressures on the king in book two, he [[spoiler: strips them of their noble title to make Britta a commoner and satisfy the populace.]]
** Olana as a SadistTeacher locks up students in the closet, at one point leaving Miri for nearly the entire night with a rat because she forgot about her. [[spoiler: The bandit Dan proceeds to lock her and Knut in the closet when they take over the academy.]]
** [[spoiler: Britta's parents]] want their daughter to marry the prince and create a BatmanGambit to assure that it happens. Due to political pressures on the king in book two, he [[spoiler: strips them of their noble title to make Britta a commoner and satisfy the populace.]]
** Olana as a SadistTeacher locks up students in the closet, at one point leaving Miri for nearly the entire night with a rat because she forgot about her. [[spoiler: The bandit Dan proceeds to lock her and Knut in the closet when they take over the academy.]]
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* KangarooCourt:Miri KangarooCourt: Miri says that a commoner can challenge a noble in court. She's then shown that in every case the noble has won, and the reasons given range from very flimsy to outright saying that the noble must be right because commoners are untrustworthy.
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Six years after the original novel, Hale released the sequel, ''Palace of Stone.'' A third book in the series, currently titled ''Dragonfly ''The Forgotten Sisters,'' is expected in Spring 2015.
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* BarefootPoverty: The poor are literally called the shoeless.
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* FisherKingdom: Staying in Mount Eskel, particularly being exposed to it's linder, is [[spoiler:what makes quarry-speech possible]]. [[spoiler:It's also why the king's wing is built out of linder.]]
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* Telepathy: Probably the closest way to describe quarry-speech. It sends out a message, which nudges any nearby memories or feelings.
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* Telepathy: {{Telepathy}}: Probably the closest way to describe quarry-speech. It sends out a message, which nudges any nearby memories or feelings.
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* FantasyGunControl: Averted. Muskets and pistols show up in ''Palace of Stone''.
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* HappilyAdopted: Britta is arguably adopted by Mount Eskel, finding a happier home there than in the lowland and [[spoiler:later renounces her noble title.]]
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* Telepathy: Probably the closest way to describe quarry-speech. It sends out a message, which nudges any nearby memories or feelings.
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* FirstGuyWins: [[spoiler:Peder gets the girl]].
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Nearby Rilamark fell prey to this, with the commoners executing each and every royal or noble they could get their hands on. [[spoiler:Danland almost goes the same way.]]
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: [[spoiler:Miri doesn't get the prince, but this allows her to stay on her mountain home with her childhood friend Peder, where she feels she really belongs.]]
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* ShorterMeansSmarter: Miri.Miri is the shortest girl in the class, but is the first to master the textbooks.
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-->''I cut all day and I squared all night''\\
''And I thought I'd mined the mountain's might''\\
''Then I saw all my work by the bright dawn light''\\
''The mountain was the world and my labor a mite''\\
''Princess Academy'' is a young adult novel by Shannon Hale, author of ''The Goose Girl'' and ''Enna Burning.''
It tells the story of a 14-year-old mountain girl named Miri, who lives in a small village with her father and older sister on the slopes of Mount Eskel. The villagers make their living mining linder, a type of stone that is hard enough to hold up great palaces and never crack, yet light enough to haul long distances.
One day, a messenger from the king comes to Mount Eskel to declare that all the girls aged 12-18 in the village must attend the titular "princess academy" to prepare for the day when one of them will be the prince's bride. Miri must compete with all the other girls for the chance to marry the prince, but she discovers that maybe there are other things better than being a princess.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* AlphaBitch: Katar.
-->'''Miri:''' I'm glad you spoke up or we could still be standing out here waiting.
-->'''Katar:''' I'm a better diplomat than you and everyone knows it. It should've been me talking. Too bad for you that academy princess isn't based on who everyone likes best.
* AssInAmbassador: The chief delegate.
* BreakTheHaughty: Katar gets doses of this.
* ChekhovsArmory: Of note is the linder hawk that Peder gives to Miri which [[spoiler:helps her to defeat Dan. See ImprobableWeaponUser below.]]
* CityMouse: Britta.
* CoolBigSis: Frid and Marda.
* CostumePorn: The descriptions of the dresses the girls get to wear for the ball. Case in point --
-->''Miri had never seen silk before, but she had read that it was the linder of cloth, and when the seamstress pulled a silk scarf from her bag, Miri could see why. It was heavy with brilliant colors swirled into a pattern of flowers yet shimmered secretly, like water under a crescent moon.''
* DeathByChildbirth: This and an earlier linder quarry accident did in Miri's MissingMom.
** Katar's mother as well.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Katar.
* [[spoiler:DisneyVillainDeath: Dan.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Miri.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Duh.
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]:
** TheLeader: Miri.
** TheLancer: Britta.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Frid.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Katar.
** TheChick: Esa.
* FishOutOfWater: Britta doesn't adapt well to mountain life.
* FoodPorn: The descriptions of the royal food at the ball's banquet. Try not to drool while reading them.
* GirlPosse: Bena and Liana could be interpreted as this for Katar.
* HoldingHands: Both platonically and romantically.
* IAmSpartacus: All the girls claim to be the prince's betrothed [[spoiler:to stop the robbers from making off with just one of them.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Miri's [[spoiler:linder hawk]]
* LargeAndInCharge: Applies to both Katar (tall and older than most of the other girls) and Dan (large and imposing).
* TheLoad: For most of the book, Miri thinks she's this because her father has never allowed her to work in the linder quarry.
* MeaningfulName: Miri is named after a [[FlowerMotifs mountain flower]].
* MissingMom: Miri.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: At the academy, Britta pretends that she can't read, but later it's revealed that she can.
* PrincessesPreferPink: The academy princess dress, while mostly silver, is accented with pink ribbons and rosebuds.
* PromotionToParent: Miri takes over her mother's duties after her death. She didn't have much choice anyway -- her father refused to let her work in the quarry.
* SadistTeacher: Olana. She gets better.
* SheCleansUpNicely: All of the girls clean up nicely to meet Prince Steffan.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Miri.
* TheStoic: Prince Steffan.
** NotSoStoic: Underneath that princely shell.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Peder for Miri]] and [[spoiler:Steffan for Britta]].
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Miri and [[spoiler:Katar]].
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It would appear that the story is set somewhere in Northern Europe, but the reader is never told exactly where.
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''And I thought I'd mined the mountain's might''\\
''Then I saw all my work by the bright dawn light''\\
''The mountain was the world and my labor a mite''\\
''Princess Academy'' is a young adult novel by Shannon Hale, author of ''The Goose Girl'' and ''Enna Burning.''
It tells the story of a 14-year-old mountain girl named Miri, who lives in a small village with her father and older sister on the slopes of Mount Eskel. The villagers make their living mining linder, a type of stone that is hard enough to hold up great palaces and never crack, yet light enough to haul long distances.
One day, a messenger from the king comes to Mount Eskel to declare that all the girls aged 12-18 in the village must attend the titular "princess academy" to prepare for the day when one of them will be the prince's bride. Miri must compete with all the other girls for the chance to marry the prince, but she discovers that maybe there are other things better than being a princess.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* AlphaBitch: Katar.
-->'''Miri:''' I'm glad you spoke up or we could still be standing out here waiting.
-->'''Katar:''' I'm a better diplomat than you and everyone knows it. It should've been me talking. Too bad for you that academy princess isn't based on who everyone likes best.
* AssInAmbassador: The chief delegate.
* BreakTheHaughty: Katar gets doses of this.
* ChekhovsArmory: Of note is the linder hawk that Peder gives to Miri which [[spoiler:helps her to defeat Dan. See ImprobableWeaponUser below.]]
* CityMouse: Britta.
* CoolBigSis: Frid and Marda.
* CostumePorn: The descriptions of the dresses the girls get to wear for the ball. Case in point --
-->''Miri had never seen silk before, but she had read that it was the linder of cloth, and when the seamstress pulled a silk scarf from her bag, Miri could see why. It was heavy with brilliant colors swirled into a pattern of flowers yet shimmered secretly, like water under a crescent moon.''
* DeathByChildbirth: This and an earlier linder quarry accident did in Miri's MissingMom.
** Katar's mother as well.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Katar.
* [[spoiler:DisneyVillainDeath: Dan.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Miri.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Duh.
* [[FiveManBand Five Woman Band]]:
** TheLeader: Miri.
** TheLancer: Britta.
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Frid.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Katar.
** TheChick: Esa.
* FishOutOfWater: Britta doesn't adapt well to mountain life.
* FoodPorn: The descriptions of the royal food at the ball's banquet. Try not to drool while reading them.
* GirlPosse: Bena and Liana could be interpreted as this for Katar.
* HoldingHands: Both platonically and romantically.
* IAmSpartacus: All the girls claim to be the prince's betrothed [[spoiler:to stop the robbers from making off with just one of them.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Miri's [[spoiler:linder hawk]]
* LargeAndInCharge: Applies to both Katar (tall and older than most of the other girls) and Dan (large and imposing).
* TheLoad: For most of the book, Miri thinks she's this because her father has never allowed her to work in the linder quarry.
* MeaningfulName: Miri is named after a [[FlowerMotifs mountain flower]].
* MissingMom: Miri.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: At the academy, Britta pretends that she can't read, but later it's revealed that she can.
* PrincessesPreferPink: The academy princess dress, while mostly silver, is accented with pink ribbons and rosebuds.
* PromotionToParent: Miri takes over her mother's duties after her death. She didn't have much choice anyway -- her father refused to let her work in the quarry.
* SadistTeacher: Olana. She gets better.
* SheCleansUpNicely: All of the girls clean up nicely to meet Prince Steffan.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Miri.
* TheStoic: Prince Steffan.
** NotSoStoic: Underneath that princely shell.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Peder for Miri]] and [[spoiler:Steffan for Britta]].
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Miri and [[spoiler:Katar]].
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It would appear that the story is set somewhere in Northern Europe, but the reader is never told exactly where.
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