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MARCH 1, 2012
Cinderella of the Future

I heard abCinderout the book Cinder, by Marissa Meyer a few months ago and was super excited for it to come out. I have to admit, I'm a sucker for fairy tale re-imaginings. And when they're this inventive and clever I tend to go overboard. That being said, this book rocks! A cyborg Cinderella? Ingenious, I say! The story covers all of the fairy tale bases but does it in really unique ways.

Evil Stepmother? Check!

Handsome prince? Check!

Royal ball? Check!

Glass slipper? Check!

Fairy godmother? Hmmm, kind of.

Meyer does a believable job of creating an Earth of the future where the moon is inhabited by Lunars and all the countries of the Earth are allied together. Cinder, (aka Cinderella) is a cyborg mechanic living in New Beijing who just wants to get out from under her stepmother's guardianship and get her own place or escape to Europe. When the Prince arrives at her shop needing his android repaired, her life changes in drastic ways. This is the first in a series and with a cliffhanger ending, you'll be begging for more. Scarlet, the second in the series will be out in 2013.

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posted by Erin, Golden Library

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Jen said, on Mar. 1 at 4:53PM
Looks good

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Erin said, on Mar. 1 at 5:10PM
It's great! Check it out!

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Jessie said, on Mar. 2 at 10:09AM
I just finished this one. It was great!

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