Katya and Mia Thermopolis are just normal girls living in San Francisco with their mother. When their estranged grandmother arrives for a surprise visit with some shocking information, she changes their lives forever.
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Later that afternoon, Mia had been given an off day from her princess lessons, so it was just Katya. She had left school and gone directly to her grandmother's home. At the moment she was following Clarisse and Charlotte around the garden reading a Genovian history book.
"The garden is lovely;" Began Clarisse, "but now we need fountains..."
"You should put some lights in the trees," Katya interjected, not even bothering to lift her head from the book.
Clarisse nodded in agreement, "Excellent idea, Katyana, and the Japanese embassy has a waterfall in their garden. Why can't we have fountains?"
"We have a fountain over there ma'am." Charlotte informed her, pointing across the garden.
"Yes well, I would like at least two in here." She pointed at the spot before them, "Charlotte, just make me an Eden."
"Yes, Ma'am."
"Katyana," Clarisse called out once she was finished.
Katya closed her book and walked over to stand beside her grandmother, "Yes?"
"Let us continue our lessons inside."
Clarisse led them into out of the garden and into the library and handed Katya a large stack of books, "In your spare time I would like for you to read these."
"Okay," Katya agreed, looking through the books, "Would you like me to re-read the ones I've read, already?"
Clarisse looked up at her in shock, "Which ones have you read?"
Katya took the two Jane Austin books and the one by Virginia Woolf and handed them back to her grandmother.
"You've read all of these?" Clarisse asked in astonishment.
Katya nodded, "I went through a Jane Austin phase a couple of years ago, and I've read just about all her works. And I had to read A room of one's own for school last year."
"Ah," Clarisse smiled and nodded, "Then no, just read the Amy Vanderbilt Complete book of Etiquette."
