Princess Diaries, Volume IX: Princess Mia, The

party, you actually DID something. Like CARRYING A 
PRINCE AROUND ON YOUR BACK. Only better. CON-
GRATULATIONS!!!!! 
Love, 
Tina 
Then I clicked on the second message. It was from 
Michael. 
As always, my heartbeat speeded up when I saw his 
name. I guess that’s something that’s never going to 
change. 
But at least the temperature of my palms stayed the 
same. 
In the text of his message was a link to the story about 
my dropping a bomb of my own, with a note underneath 
that read: 
S
KINNER
B
X
: Dear Mia, 
Did you just ditch your throne and bring democracy to a 
country that’s never known it? 
Way to go, Thermopolis! 
Michael 
I laughed when I saw it. I couldn’t help it. 
And you know . . . it felt good to laugh about something 
Michael had said (or written). It seemed like it had been a 
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long time since that had happened. 
And then it occurred to me that maybe Michael and I 
can be friends—just friends. For now, anyway. 
So this time, instead of 
DELETE
, I hit 
REPLY
. 
And then I wrote him back. 
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to Beth Ader, Jennifer Brown, Barbara Cabot, 
Sarah Davies, Michele Jaffe, Laura Langlie, Amanda Maciel, 
Abigail McAden, and especially Benjamin Egnatz 

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About the Author 
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MEGCABOT is the author of the best-selling, critically acclaimed 
Princess Diaries books, which were made into the wildly popular 
Disney movies of the same name. Her other books for teens include 
PANTS ON FIRE, JINX, and the manga series Avalon High: 
Coronation. She also writes books for adults, including BIG BONED 
and QUEEN OF BABBLE IN THE BIG CITY. She is still waiting 
for her real parents, the king and queen, to restore her to her rightful 
throne. She lives in Key West with her husband and a one-eyed cat 
named Henrietta, as well as various backup cats. 
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