To Catch a Prince
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4.5 • 8 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Helene Masterson and Alexis Worth are stepsisters and best friends. When Helene lands a summer internship in London, Alexis tags along. To make their summer more interesting, the girls make a bet that one of them must hook Prince William by the end of the summer. When the girls meet Simon and Lazlo, they find their perfect matches, but will the boys get discouraged with the girls' royal distraction?
In The Frog Prince, Helene and Alexis are off to Paris after Helene's estranged father invites her to stay for the summer. Helene and Alexis set out to catch the prince of Paris, chasing him all over town, but what if he turns out to be a toad?
Now both novels are available in one bind up just in time for a Royal Wedding!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This fluffy-but-fun debut novel follows two 16-year-old American girls on their first trip to London. "Punky, gregarious" Helene and model-perfect Alexis are stepsisters and best friends. Helene has landed a hard-won summer internship at London's National Gallery, and at the last minute Alexis snags an internship at British Vogue. On the plane over, the girls discover that they both have a crush on Prince William and make a bet to see who will win his heart or at least a kiss from the royal lips. Pining after this princely bird in the bush, the girls persuade themselves to ignore two would-be swains right at hand: dishy Simon and adorably goofy Laszlo (who, like William, are graduates of famed public school Eton). A subplot, involving the girls' rescue of their sexually precocious younger cousin from a sleazy older boy, leads the girls on a whirlwind tour of London must-sees: a shopping trip to Harrods, the street markets of Camden, Madame Tussaud's, the area around Neal's Yard (where "fashionable shoppers Pumas in shades that wouldn't be seen in America for another year"), among others. For one sparkling scene, the author invents the budding fashionista's equivalent to platform nine and three quarters: an exclusive shop, located in a secret nook, filled with ball gowns once worn by celebs, that can only be accessed by entering the Neal's Yard Cheese Store, reciting a string of cheese names and then passing muster with the persnickety, eccentric proprietor. Ages 10-14.
