Stealing Princes: Calypso Chronicles, Book 2 [Paperback]

Tyne O'Connell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Calypso Chronicles | Publication Date: April 18, 2006

How many fit boys can Calypso handle?

Calypso has decided that Prince Freddie is the one for her, but does her new roommate, the privileged Lady Portia, also have designs on him? To make matters worse, Calypso's best friends Star and Georgina are no longer her roommates; they are living instead with Indie-a new student and a real princess! Poor Calypso is feeling left out. How could her plans have gone so horribly wrong? Readers who have been anticipating the next installment in the Calypso Chronicles won't be disappointed as Calypso takes on more boys, bunnies, and Brits in her hilarious and inimitable style!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7-10–In this sequel to Pulling Princes (Bloomsbury, 2004), Calypso, an almost 15-year-old California girl who is attending boarding school in England, looks forward to continuing her budding romance with Prince Freddie–until her archenemy and current roommate, Honey O'Hare, begins to meddle in her affairs, convincing her that their other roomie, beautiful and refined Lady Portia, has her sights set on the royal heir. Told with humor through Calypso's eyes, this novel is filled with characters who are only concerned about boys, the up-and-coming in society, and being catty to one another. This book will be best understood by readers familiar with the first installment, which gives more background on the narrator's style and why she struggles so much to fit into this upper-class crowd. Both titles can be described as British spin-offs of Cecily von Ziegesar's Gossip Girl series (Little, Brown), complete with the status symbols and adultlike activities for posh and privileged teenagers. Purchase only where Pulling Princes is popular.–Nicole Marcuccilli Mills, Glenview Public Library, IL
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From Booklist

Gr. 7-10. In another entry in the Calypso Chronicles series, 14-year-old Calypso, who is American, is back in England for another year at St. Augustine's, an elite English boarding school. This is a big year for her: her first ball, preparation for fencing tryouts for the Olympic team, and boys (she is torn between Crown Prince Freddie and rich-kid Billy). Unfortunately, one of Calypso's roommates, snippy, snobby Honey O'Hare, has it in for her, and only her good friends can rescue her from what Honey has planned. The boarding school setup provides some fun--, although Calypso's jealous whine is occasionally wearing. The fencing vocabulary and the British terms that pepper the story are defined in welcome glossaries. Give this to fans of Princess Mia and Georgia Nicholson as well as to readers of O'Connell's previous Pulling Princes (2004). Cindy Welch
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 295 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (April 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582349053
• ISBN-13: 978-1582349053
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #478,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"Bridget Jones on speed. She's funnier, sharper, and there's no way she's going to end up with anyone called Darcy"
THE GUARDIAN
"Lightening Fast Comic twists" ELLE UK
"Funny exposé of It-girlschool life." ELLE GIRL UK
"Briget Jones for the early teen set."- WASHINGTON POST USA
"A wickedly funny, bitchy, romp set at the heart of the trendy London art scene.
(Publishing News)
"Lightening Fast Comic twists" ELLE UK
"Outrageously funny and a serious contender for the teen chick-lit throne."
- Claudia Mody, The Bookseller

British author Tyne O'Connell, is an international bestselling author of thirteen books - eight contemporary fiction and five YA titles including A ROYAL MATCH and A ROYAL MESS. Her stories are inhabited by British eccentrics and aritos at large. She has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and most UK broadsheets. Cassandra Jardine hailed her as "A modern day Elinor Glyn - the original It Girl" and "The Queen Bee Incarnate". She has contributed stories to the Girl's Night In, Kid's Night In and the Travel Goddess series.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh Out Loud Funny!, July 7, 2005

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stealing Princes: Calypso Chronicles, Book 2 (Hardcover)

Fourteen-year-old Calypso Kelly (otherwise known as "The American Freak) has never felt as if she fit in with the rich, British girls who attend school with her at St. Augustine's English Boarding School. Sure, she's got a few close friends, but some of the other students are SO stuck-up. Like Honey O'Hare, Calypso's worst enemy, and dorm mate for the year. Honey has despised Calypso from the very first day she arrived at St. Augustine's, and has been out to saboatage her forever. Like it's Calypso's fault that she's more than a year younger than every other girl in her grade, and she doesn't have as much expendable cash. Anyway, Calypso has been flirting with two very fit (hot) boys over text messages all summer. And when Honey finds out, she decides to ruin the relationships that Calypso has created. Including the one with her boy toy Prince Freddie. Unfortunately, Calypso has no idea what's going on, and when she turns to her friends for help, she realizes that they're too caught up with their new pal, a real life Princess, to care about her petty problems. This is sure to be one super tough semester at St. Augustine's.

Tyne O'Connell truly has the writing chops to pen stories about a group of rich, snooty teenage girls attending an ultra-chic private school. Her characters are hilarious, and truly bring the story to life, what with their catty viciousness and obsessiveness over how they look. Once again, Calypso and the crazy predicaments will keep readers on the edge of their seats laughing out loud while reading this book, and for days after. I can't wait for the next installment about Calypso and her crazy friends, as this book leaves quite a cliffhanger. A must read!

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars steals your heart, January 5, 2006

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kittycat "KC" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stealing Princes: Calypso Chronicles, Book 2 (Hardcover)

Calypso is back...after a summer in America with Star and Georgina, she returns to St. Augustine in the middle of two text romances: Prince Freddie and Billy! However, she finds out she has to share a room with evil Honey O'Hare and aloof rich girl Portia, while Georgina and Star get to room together with a real princess, Indie. Calypso is off to a rough start. All her friends drop out of latin, leaving her alone. She feels like Star and Georgina are drifting away from her....but she makes friends with Indie and Portia, and everything goes better. Then she makes a mistake and alienates herself from everyone. Freddie isn't texting her, and Billy is acting weird. Is Freddie secretly seeing Portia? Will everyone get to go to the royal ball with Freddie except for her? And why is Honey now the only person who will talk to her? Will Calypso get her friends back, get her guy, and be able to keep up her fencing?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and fun., June 30, 2005

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Good Advice (NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stealing Princes: Calypso Chronicles, Book 2 (Hardcover)

This book will make you laugh out loud. But it's funny in this British, sophisticated, sublime way. Over the top, yet understated. Honey O'Hare has to be the most outrageous mean girl ever. I just love Calypso. Can't say enough about this book.