Monday 20 December 2010

(Spoiler) Summary

Miri, a small mountain girl, longs to work in the quarry. It's where her family and friends work hard chipping away linder, the mountain's stone.
One day, a messenger, from the king, and soldiers come, announcing that the priests have destined Prince Steffan's future bride in Mt. Eskel. All the girls from twelve to seventeen years old, would go to the academy that would be built to train the girls on the day of meeting the Prince. Many despise the idea and don't want to leave home, such as Miri, but every one's parents agreed and the soldiers took them away.
They worked hard and tried their best to please Olana, their strict teacher. Miri is at first ignored by the other girls, because she ruined their chances of going home that one day, but she claims that Olana and her rules are unfair. However, during this isolation, Miri is able to befriend Britta, a lowlander sent to Mount Eskel to live with her distant relatives. Miri also begins to learn quarry-speech, an extraordinary type of communication among the mountain people.
Later on in the winter weeks, When Olana announced the final exam, many girls had troubles. So Miri, being the kind, considerate girl she is, uses her new talent to help everyone through the exam. While looking through some books, she was able to obtain new information about Commerce, which had helped the village. When Katar and Miri were in the lead of the class and they were tied up on their scores, they voted for Academy Princess. Miri won.
On the day of meeting the prince, every girl, except Britta who was sick from what might have been nervousness, wore a pretty dress and attended the ball, thanks to Miri and her assistance in quarry speech. The Prince Steffan had acted far away and uninterested. He looked almost disappointed, which frustrated the girls, who had worked so hard. The prince and Miri had a nice conversation, though, and he seemed more normal then. Unfortunately, he left, not choosing his wife, but promising to return in the spring.
After he had gone, more misfortune arrived. Unexpected bandits came and demanded for the bride-to-be of Prince Steffan, wishing to keep her hostage. They thought the frightened girls were lying about him not choosing a princess. For several days they were kept in the bed chamber room, eating only watery porridge and having the criminals a watchful eye on them.
During this, Miri is using quarry speech, trying to contact the villagers.
One night, the girls are able to slip quietly through the window, but the bandits woke up sooner than expected and were able to capture most of the girls. Miri's family and friends came, with their mallets threatening, but not wanting to trigger death among the girls. However, they were able to scare most of the bandits away,but a few stay loyal to Dan, the leader of the bandits. Miri's father and her friend, Peder, and his friends try to rescue Miri, one of the last girls left in the bandits' hands.
Eventually, Dan is cornered and falls off the mountain's edge, from Miri's father's mallet striking him on the forehead.
The bandits had eaten most of the academy's food and spoiled the rest, so they could not continue living there. Olana, Knut and the girls went back and helped make up all the work since they had been gone. They also continued learning in the small chapel in the village.
In the spring, the prince came back to choose his wife. He chooses Britta, his friend when they were children, and names Mount Eskel as an official province. After all the chaos, Peder and Miri, too, reveals their feelings about each other.

11 comments:

  1. Alexandra Danielle2 September 2012 at 00:37

    Excellent, it helped me a lot for my Book Report !.. Thank you so much !

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  2. thanks i wish you would have included her sister because she was very important in my opinion but overall very good

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    1. I agree, but I loved how you summarized every important detail except for about the sister. Great job! This helped me a lot for a homework assignment. Thank you so much!

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  3. Can u tell me information about the Author of this story?

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  4. what is Esa's last name like Miri Larendaughter?

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  5. Is this a good book????? I need to read it for a book competition, please from a boys opinion

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  6. Thank You soooo much. This helped me a lot in my book report. It was hard for me to understand the book. But once I read his it all made sense. I can not thank you enough.

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  7. great, I really needed this because I have a quiz on it and now I definitely going to pass

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  8. Thanks for the info. Really helped me for my book report

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