This is a cute early chapter book about friendships. You could say it is The Odd Couple, for the early chapter kids.

The premise is that the princess has to go to school, and she doesn't want to be there. She feels like an outsider, because she has always been home schooled, and loves to organize things. And Maude is a tom-boy type, who loves her chickens, and her animals, and hard boiled eggs, which the Princess hates. They do not get along, at first, mainly because of that initial misunderstanding.

Of course, there would not be a story if they never got along, so this story, the first in what appears to be a series, is how they became friends.

The other kids, however, are not very fleshed out, though I suppose they dont' have to be. I expect they will be as the book series continues.

The drawings are fun as well, as evidence below.



I found the story very quick, and fun, as the anger builds up, and you can just see it all coming, but don't care, to reach the surprise ending. Good for young readers.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.