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The Princess Test
Children's fiction
The Princess Test
Book 2 of the The Princess Tales series
91 pages · First published 1999
Lorelei is so sensitive that ordinary life can be hazardous: hard mattresses hurt, foods upset her, flowers make her sneeze, and even mild inconveniences become genuine physical trials. Prince Nicholas must find a true princess, and the royal household devises increasingly ridiculous tests to identify one. Lorelei’s extreme delicacy makes her an accidental ideal candidate even though she has no idea she is participating in a fairy-tale test. Gail Carson Levine’s humorous retelling of “The Princess and the Pea” turns royal courtship into a sequence of escalating experiments where being difficult may finally be useful.
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Fairy-tale tests and physical discomfort; social pressure around marriage; mild magical/fantasy peril; romantic courtship and kissing-level affection.
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