书名： Princess in the Spotlight 公主日记2：闪光灯下的公主
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数850L
作者：Meg Cabot
出版社名称：HarperTeen
出版时间：2008
语种： 英文
ISBN：9780061479946
商品尺寸：13.5 x 1.5 x 20.3 cm
包装：平装
页数：256

The Princess Diaries《公主日记》是安妮·海瑟薇主演电影《公主日记》的英文原著小说系列，获得美国图书馆协会年轻人读物奖、青少年必读书目选书奖以及纽约公立图书馆青少年读物奖。
米娅是一个普普通通的纽约中学生，她有许多烦恼，比如个子太高，头发太糟，嘴巴太大，胸脯太平，代数考试常常不及格……突然有一天她被告知，她是王位继承人，是公主。一系列诙谐幽默、发人深省的故事由此展开……小说所蕴涵的激扬的青春、神奇的幻想、奔放的热情，以及俏皮的语言、开阔的视野、前卫的感受……令无数青少年读者震撼、着迷。根据小说改编的电影《公主日记》票房收入仅在美国就超过1亿美元。
这本The Princess Diaries, Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight《公主日记2：闪光灯下的公主》为英文版，推荐给10岁及以上的儿童或青少年阅读。
推荐理由：
1.《公主日记》电影原著，美国图书馆协会推荐书目；
2. 用词简单，语言很俏皮、口语化，生词少，比较容易读懂；
3. 英文原版，内容无删减，排版合适，字体较大；
Mia Thermopolis is your average urban ninth grader. Even though she lives in Greenwich Village with a single mom who is a semifamous painter, Mia still puts on her Doc Martens one at a time, and the most exciting things she ever dreams about are smacking lips with sexy senior Josh Richter, “six feet of unadulterated hotness,” and passing Algebra I. Then Mia’s dad comes to town, and drops a major bomb. Turns out he’s not just a European politician as he’s always lead her to believe, but actually the prince of a small country! And Mia, his only heir, is now considered the crown princess of Genovia! She doesn’t even know how to begin to cope: “I am so NOT a princess.... You never saw anyone who looked less like a princess than I do. I mean, I have really bad hair... and... a really big mouth and no breasts and feet that look like skis.” And if this news wasn’t bad enough, Mia’s mom has started dating her algebra teacher, the paparazzi is showing up at school, and she’s in a huge fight with her best friend, Lilly. How much more can this reluctant Cinderella handle?
Offbeat Mia will automatically win the heart of every teenage girl who’s ever just wanted to fit in with as little fuss as possible. Debut author Meg Cabot’s writing is silly and entertaining, with tons of pop culture references that will make teens feel right at home within her pages. This is a wonderfully wacky read.

The Princess Diaries, Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight《公主日记2：闪光灯下的公主》
本书描述米娅变成了公主以后的生活：个人隐私随时被曝光，狗仔队记者如影随形，闪光灯总在跟踪闪烁，各种传闻时不时就上了报纸甚至电视。更烦的是，家庭的变故、情感的迷雾纷至沓来……米娅该怎样解开这些谜团？
No one ever said being a princess was easy.
Just when Mia thought she had the whole princess thing under control, things get out of hand, fast. First there’s an unexpected announcement from her mother. Then Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for the brand-new crown princess of Genovia. On top of that, intriguing, exasperating letters from a secret admirer begin to arrive.
Before she even has the chance to wonder who those letters are from, Mia is swept up in a whirlwind of royal intrigue the likes of which hasn’t been seen since volume I ofThe Princess
Diaries.

梅格·凯博特（Meg Cabot）于1967年出生于美国中部的印第安纳州的布卢明顿，是一位浪漫小说和奇幻小说的青少年作家。曾用Meggin Cabot、Patricia Cabot、Jenny Carroll等笔名著作，但现在只用Meg Cabot。她至今写作并出版了超过50本书，著有公主日记系列、中间者系列、1-800你在哪儿系列、全美国女孩系列等图书，有名的公主日记，曾被迪士尼公司拍成两部同名电影。梅格的书得过许多的知名的奖项，如纽约青少年公共图书奖、青少年常绿树等，她还多次获得纽约时报畅销书（New York Times bestsellers）的第1名。
Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to her adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fictionThe Princess Diaries andThe Mediator series. Over 25 million copies of her novels for children and adults have sold worldwide. Meg lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband.

Monday, October 20, 8 a.m.
Okay. So I was just in the kitchen, eating cereal, you know, the usual Monday morning routine, when my mom comes out of the bathroom with this funny look on her face. I mean, she was all pale and her hair was kind of sticking out and she had on her terry cloth robe instead of her kimono, which usually means she’s premenstrual.
So I said, “Mom, you want some Midol? Because, no offense, you look like you could use some.”
Which is sort of a dangerous thing to say to a premenstrual woman, but you know, she’s my mom, and all. It’s not like she was going to karate chop me, the way she would if anybody else said that to her.
But she just said, “No. No, thanks,” in this dazed voice.
So then I assumed something really horrible had happened. You know, like Fat Louie had eaten another sock, or they were cutting off our electricity again because I’d forgotten to fish the bill out of the salad bowl where Mom keeps stuffing them.
So I grabbed her and I was like, “Mom? Mom, what is it? What’s wrong?”
She sort of shook her head, like she does when she’s confused over the microwave instructions on a frozen pizza. “Mia,” she said, in this shocked but happy way, “Mia. I’m pregnant.”
Oh, my God. OH, MY GOD.
My mom is having my Algebra teacher’s baby.
Monday, October 20, Homeroom
I am really trying to take this calmly, you know? Because there isn’t any point in getting upset about it.
But how can I NOT be upset? My mother is about to become a single parent. AGAIN.
You would think she’d have learned a lesson with me and all, but apparently not.
As if I don’t have enough problems. As if my life isn’t over already. I just don’t see how much more I can be expected to take. I mean, apparently, it is not enough that
1. I am the tallest girl in the freshman class.
2. I am also the least endowed in the chest area.
3. Last month, I found out my mother has been dating my Algebra teacher.
4. Also last month, I found out that I am the sole heir to the throne of a small European country.
5. I have to take princess lessons from my paternal grandmother. Every day.
6. In December, I am supposed to be introduced to my new countrymen and women on national television (in Genovia, population 50,000, but still).
7. I don’t have a boyfriend.
Oh, no. You see, all of that isn’t enough of a burden, apparently. Now my mother has to get pregnant out of wedlock. AGAIN.
Thanks, Mom. Thanks a whole lot.