A great readaloud, and a fitting conclusion to the Princess Academy books, although I'd be equally happy to discover another sequel.

These books are published with very cutesie covers, and they're not at all little cute books. There's a lot to dig into and discuss, on politics, sexism and growing up (working from memory here, we've read a few other books since this one). My audience were 9 and 12 and we all enjoyed it.