The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry , Jules Feiffer (Illustrator) Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excite her sixteenth birthday ball Doo nobleuised as a peasant, she attends the village school as the sirl, "Pat," and attracts friends and the attention of the handso suitors, lovable peasants, and the clueless king and queen collide at the ball, where Princess Patricia Priscilla calls the shots What began as a cure for boredom becomes a chance for Princess Patricia Priscilla to break the rules and marry the man she loves