What happens when a princess accidentally fractures her fairy tale by fleeing to the real world? Bestselling author Alex London turns classic fairy tales on their heads in this fast-paced, funny fantasy about friendship and facing your fears. For fans of The School for Good and Evil and the Never Afters series.
Princess Rana loves her friends (all fellow fairy tale escapees), loves her school (the HEA, an academy for fairy tale royalty), and loves punk rock (the best music genre). But she does not love frogs . . . especially demanding frog princes who follow her home. Rana fled her story because of one frog prince in particular, and she has no plans of ever going back to that stuffy place full of rules. But then her frog prince shows up at the academy's gate. And he's not alone. Dozens of duplicate frog princes have followed him to the real world. Worse still, a shadowy monster is in hot pursuit, one that dissolves fairy tale characters into nothing, erasing their stories. To save everyone she cares about, Rana will have to do the one thing she vowed she'd never to do-return to her Once Upon Time.
Acclaimed and bestselling author Alex London weaves together several beloved fairy tales in this fast-paced, funny, and slyly subversive adventure about figuring out who you want to be. The daring escapes, sinister monsters, familiar friends, and surprise twists will keep even reluctant readers glued to the pages. The Princess Protection Program is for fans of the Never Afters and the Descendants series, The School for Good and Evil, and the Fairly True Tales series.
| ISBN: | 9780063303935 |
| Publication date: | 26th March 2026 |
| Author: | Alex London |
| Illustrator: | James Firnhaber |
| Publisher: | Greenwillow Books an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | The Princess Protection Program |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories Children’s / Teenage general interest: Queens, kings, princesses, princes etc Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+ PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and growing up / coming of age School Stories Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Fantasy / Magical Traditional Tales |