The Princess Diaries. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot, 2000
movie vs book
Garry Marshall, 2001

Shy high school student Mia Thermopolis resides with her mother Helen in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco. Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and is often teased by his popular girlfriend Lana Thomas. Mia’s only friends are social outcast Lilly Moscovitz.


The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2000 book, The Princess Diaries
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The Princess Diaries
Meg Cabot, 2000
movie vs book
Garry Marshall, 2004

Five years after the first film, Mia Thermopolis has just graduated from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and is returning to Genovia with her bodyguard, Joe. There, she will await her reign once her grandmother, Queen Clarisse, abdicates. During Mia’s 21st birthday party, she dances with all the eligible bachelors in hope of finding a husband.


Avalon High. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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Avalon High
Meg Cabot, 2005
movie vs book
Stuart Gillard, 2010

Allie Pennington, the daughter of two medieval literature scholars, enrolls at Avalon High and becomes involved in a prophesied re-staging of Arthurian legend. There’s also a third boy, Marco whom Allie believes is the reincarnation of Mordred and determined to kill Arthur, which would send the world into another dark age.