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Feb 07, 2018JCLChrisK rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Princess Serena has renamed herself Princess Pulverizer to express her desire to be a heroic, adventurous, violent knight. She has no desire to become a polite, refined lady. Except her father the king won't let her attend Knight School. "This has nothing to do with you being a girl," he tells her. "There's more to being a knight than riding off on exciting adventures. It takes great honor, kindness, and sacrifice," which are qualities he sees her lacking. However, he is giving her the chance to prove him wrong by completing a Quest of Kindness--if she can complete eight good deeds, he will allow her to enter Knight School. And so she sets off on an adventure in search of opportunities to do things she never has before--and manages to meet an ogre, a dragon, and more as she goes. The constant humor and playfulness keep this from feeling at all moralizing. The book doesn't have any problem poking tongue-in-cheek fun at its spoiled, bossy protagonist, even as she does manage to learn a few things along the way. Lots of fun.