Cinderella’s journey from dependent servant to self-reliant businesswoman, and Kayla's burgeoning sense of justice and kindness - even to the point of sacrifice - are satisfying to follow and encouraging to read. Abby's perspective grows as her understanding of character, family, and hard work develop. The pace is brisk and upbeat with several reflective moments as sibling relationships and what truly constitutes a 'happily ever after' change along with the characters. But Kayla's newfound kindness and obvious love for the prince can’t be allowed to interfere with Cinderella's happy ending.can they?Ībby narrates her and Jonah's experiences in a new home with parents who are busy establishing their own lawyer practice in the modern-day city of Smithville, as well as their attempts to help Cinderella in the fairy tale realm of Floom. Except that one of the step-sisters, Kayla, is acting.odd. If they don't manage to do this in two and a half days, Farrah won't heal Cinderella's ankle, Cinderella will never be able to prove who she is to the prince, and she’ll never escape her wicked step-mother and step-sisters. Now Cinderella has a sprained ankle, a broken glass slipper, and two young assistants who are determined to help her prove to her unconventional fairy godmother, Farrah, that Cinderella is self-reliant. This time they've been sucked through the mirror into Cinderella's story – which they accidentally mess up. Ten and a half-year-old Abby and her seven-year old brother Jonah have finally managed to get the magic mirror they found in the basement of their new (well, old but new-to-them) house working again. All of our problems will be solved with one burst of yellow sparkle! Farrah will fix Cinderella's foot and then send us home with a poof. 'And if you don't mind,' I pipe in, 'can you please direct us to the nearest magic mirror? We need to get home.

'Marrying him will save me from this miserable life.' 'Why do you think I wanted to go to the balls? For the pigs-in-a-blanket? I need the prince to rescue me and get me out of this place.'įarrah blinks. 'Of course that's what I want!' Cinderella says.

'Is that what you want? To marry the prince?' And if it doesn't fit the glass slipper, then she won’t be able to marry the prince.'įarrah looks at Cinderella. It’s never going to fit the glass slipper the way it is now. ISBN 978-7-5 (pbk.), ISBN 978-5-6 (E-Book).Ĭinderella (Legendary character)-Juvenile literature. New York, NY: Scholastic Press (Distributed in Canada by Scholastic Canada), 2012.

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