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The Princess Test

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Superficially, one could point out that this book has only 100 or so pages and has double-spaced print. But that's silly. Because this book is so amazing! It tells the story of Lorilei, a girl who is extremly sensitive to everything. I mean, she can only sleep on satin sheets and the only chore she can perform without getting hurt is embrodery. When Lorilei falls in love with a prince, she finds out that his parents only want him to marry a true princess. There are having a series of tests to find a real princess. The tests are things like finding a fleck of raw noodle in a salad or finding the missing stitch in a tapestry . . . or feeling a pea through a mattress! Lorilei is up for this challange, as it's her "talent" . . . but will she pass the tests? The prince Nicolas, by the way, is a simple character but is NOT one-dimensinal like most fairy-tale princes are. And a great character was the king or father of the prince. He has the habit of using symolies or words that mean the same thing in a sentence. I hope you understand or comprehend what I mean about the king or monarch. He was one of my favorite or most-liked characters. Anyway, Lorilei is delightful, Trudy is hilarious, and this book shows that love is more important than blood . . . and that our "faults" can sometimes be our alleys. Read or look at the words of this story!

This book was a classic fairy-tale story about an ordinary girl who is beautiful and kind, but when she offers to clean the dishes, she'll get a rash from the soapy water. Her father is a very busy widower whom hires a housekeeper to help around the house since his fragile daughter can't do anything except embroider and say if her bandage is too tight or too loose-- perfection is everything for her. Meanwhile, Prince Nicholas has to find a "true princess" Thus, any princess hoping to be queen shall take the princess test. The two stories collide when Prince Nicholas rides by Lorelei, the main characterand finds her "Looked pretty in the distance. As he got closer, she was still pretty. Not a raving pretty, but definitley pretty." He suddenly likes her in a loving way just by her beauty. When he comes home to his castle, his mother and father, the King and Queen tell him about the princess test and he wonders if Lorelei could pass the test. Will she even find out?

Read this book for a adveture through love, worrries, and a splurge of fary-tale fun!

This is a wonderful book. When a blacksmith's wife dies, he needs to go away so he hires a maid to take care of his daughter, Lorelei. The maid does not like her at all, so she finds a way to get rid of Lorelei. The maid says that they are going on a picnic and leaves her. It starts to rain, so Lorelei needs to find a place to stay. She finds a castle and discovers that there's a princess test going on. Read the book to find out what happens. This book is great! I think everyone should read it!!!

If you are expecting a great book, don't disappoint yourself by reading THE PRINCESS TEST. Read DAVE AT NIGHT or ELLA ENCHANTED instead, because while it's cute and witty to a point, THE PRINCESS TEST is nothing like the other two. The plot is well put together but frustratingly simple; the characters are the same. I like the fairy tale style, but Ms. Levine's attempts at childish humor are only mildly amusing. It could be a spirited I-Can-Read book, and a new reader might actually enjoy the predictability and familiarity of the storyline, but if you're past that stage, don't expect anything further than a pleasant, sleepy twenty minutes with this book.

The Princess Test
By Gail Carson Levine

Lorelei is very spoiled by her parents. She is allergic to nearly everything so her diet is very plain. Her mother dies and her father continues to spoil his daughter. In order to work as a blacksmith, he hires a housekeeper to look after Lorelei. Whenever Trudy, the housekeeper tries to get Lorelei to do anything for herself, she gets hurt, breaks out in rash or makes a mess of things. The only thing Lorelei is good at is embroidery. One day while embroidering, Lorelei meets a prince who is wandering in the woods. He is nice, but not terribly handsome. Lorelei isn't terribly beautiful, but other than a nose that is nearly too big, she looks okay.

When the prince is told he must marry, he thinks of Lorelei. She won't do, however, because she is not a princess. The king and queen devise a princess test. In order to marry the prince, a princess must pass this test. In a salad, the princess must detect a tiny piece of noodle. In a bouquet, she must notice a sprig of parsley, and in a piece of cloth; she must spot a missing thread. The king and queen thought up many more tests, the final test being the familiar pea in the mattress test.

Trudy, the housekeeper is resentful of Lorelei. She plots to kill the daughter of the blacksmith. Finally, she decides that Lorelei will do herself in. She leaves her with the spinning wheel, knowing that she will get hurt, but instead of pricking herself and bleeding to death, she makes a tangled mess. Trudy decides to take Lorelei into the woods for a picnic. When Lorelei is eating her lunch, Trudy takes the mule and leaves Lorelei alone.

While wandering the woods, Lorelei finds the castle in the middle of the night. She is cold, dirty and wet, and has no idea about the princess test. After testing around eighty prospective brides for Prince Nicholas, the king and queen think that Lorelei is a princess who has come to take the test. Prince Nicholas is so pleased to see Lorelei; he wants to give her clues to help her win his hand.

Children and adults will love the princess test. This is a small pink book with black and white illustrations. The princess test is a quick read and a fun fairy tale, by the author of Ella Enchanted.

Jill Ammon Vanderwood
author:Through the Rug
Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)

Have you ever known someone who was spoiled rotten and then one day her most precious possession is taken away? The Princess Test by Gaul Levine tells a story about a young girl name Lorelei who always had her way in everything. But then her mom died and she was very heartbroken. Lorelei is a really life like character that keeps the reader involved with very strong emotions like she have filling for people if someone is sad and she sees it she would help out just like when her mother pass away and Trudy that watches her did everything for her for example if her bed was not made right Trudy would have to fix it over and over and until it was just right for her. Lorelei is a girl who doesn't know how to do anything. Before her mother passed away, she didn't teach Lorelei how to do anything like cook or wash clothes but when the women Trudy had her wash a dish because Lorelei ask to help Lorelei had gotten a big rash. Her mother did everything she could to keep a smile on Lorelei's face which was a very nice thing to do for her daughter, but now that she is gone, Lorelei is helpless.
This book is very good. I liked it because I'm really into stories that have love in it. The way I felt about this book is that I really have feelings about what's going to happen next and I really like when that happens it kind of have something like who's going to win because it has a lot of women that the prince has to pick to marry. But I think I already know who the prince wants to marry. The role the prince is this young man that bumps into a young girl and they both start to talk to each other but the prince starts to like her. But the prince also has to consider who his parents want him to marry. Would if his parents like the girl he falls in love with? What if his parents don't like the person that he likes? It's very good and what I'm trying to say as she was younger and she was very picky about things she never grew out of it she still the same and what I'm trying to say about that do you t think the prince is going to like her steel if he sees how she really is.how do you think she will act if she gets picked as a princess, do you think everything will have to go perfect for her? Does everything have to go just the way she wants it? I really have a lot of feelings about this book so this is a really good book it's and I think and I think who ever read it is going to enjoy it.

Wonderful version of the classic The Princess and the Pea. It is a story about a young girl whose name is Lorelei. She is the daughter of a local blacksmith. The only problem is, is that she is so spoiled that she is the only child in in the village to have satin sheets and so on. Also she can not wash dishes without getting a rash and when she tried spinning she pricked her finger and could have bled to death. In fact the only house chores Lorelei is good at is making beds and hanging clothes. But there is one thing Lorelei is very good at it is embroidery, she embroiders the clothes and the linen. One day she meets a prince and they fall in love. That would have been perfect for each other except there is one problem. The prince has to marry a real princess. The queen makes a test for the princesses that come and Lorelei gets wound up in it by mistake. Will the pince get to marry her or not? Read the book to find out. It is a totally thrilling book although I found it was too short. Also I would recommend the book The Fairy's Mistake.

I have read and enjoyed all of "The Princess Tales" novellas written so far by Gail Carson Levine. Though all are lively and fabulous retellings of famous fairy tales, "The Princess Test" is one of the best. This sassy remake of "The Princess and the Pea" presents us with a fussy, fidgety, picky heroine who is prone to accidents and allergies. These traits hint that she above all people will be able to feel that pea underneath the multitude of mattresses when the time comes. This is a light, enjoyable book, great for the whole family to share or to treat yourself to on a breezy summer day.

Ii the book,the author of this book is Gail Carson Levine.It is a fiction book,but it is really a great book.Lorelei is the name of the girl who is going to become a princess in the story. The Chief Royal Chambermaid had fallen in love with her.They were going to make her a test to check if she is the rigth girl for him.My favorite part of this book is when they put 20 mattresses in her bed, and in the bottom there was a pea.I didn't like when she used to cry for everything when it wasnt perfect.My favorite character is Lorelei because she will be a princess.The scene that meant a lot to me was pg.27.Its they are planning to do a pea test to her, so they could find out if she was a princess. This book is really great and its so romantic.But why did they had to put a lot of mattresses and only 1 pea.This book great for the princess lovers. I hope you enjoy this book as I did.

I was rather disappointed by The Princess Test. You couldn't relate to the protaganist, Lorelei, for she was a useless, spoiled brat. There isn't much of a story, either- a girl, very much accustomed to a luxurious, opulent life, later on turns out to have a more luxurious, opulent life. I was surprised by Te Princess Test, for Ella Enchanted (by the same author) was a remake of a fairy tale and I loved it, but I really couldn't see what all the critics were raving about when they complimented on this novel. For all the hype, there really wasn't much to the story at all.