Nobody's Princess

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My View:   A good book filled with possibly-accurate history (It is sometimes difficult to discern which parts are history, which are ancient legend, and which were purely fabricated by Friesner for the novel. Internet access helped.). The characters are fairly believable, and the plot line is okay. It really makes you trust Helen, and makes you want to help her or even be her at times. The biggest flaw is that you cannot identify the book's Helen with the ever-famous Helen of Sparta. This may simply be because there are some people who you cannot think of properly as children, but it is also probably due in large part to the rebellions she stages. A girl like her book portrayal would not allow herself to be taken captive by another country and she would not have stood for sitting back and watching a war being fought by others to decide her fate. This character would seal her own fate for herself, which is not how the legends tell her story. Overall, though, I would read it again. Our picture-perfect Helen of Sparta may not be present, but an independent, bold girl bursting with energy, big ideas, and a lot of pride creates a good story anyway.

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Link: http://www.sff.net/people/e.friesner/

General Information:

Method of Reading:	Public  Library hardcover novel, 296 pages
Dates of Reading:	June 19, 2009-June 21, 2009
Author:	Esther Friesner
Publication Year:	2007
Recommended To:	6th+ grade  girls. This book has only the tiniest touches of romance, and never for the main character. A younger girl could read it, but may not really enjoy it. The history aspect is fairly strong, so I'd only recommend it to girls who don't regularly fall asleep in history class.
Quotes:
Movie?	Some potential, but nothing yet. It may be difficult to make a movie spanning such a long time period in the life of an ever-aging young girl.

Always,
Your Bibliomaniac


Bibliographic info:

• "Book Review: Nobody's Princess." Temporary Worlds Book Review. N.p., 19 Oct. 2012. Web. 28 July 2013.
• Friesner, Ether M. Nobody's Princess. New York: Random House, 2007. Print.