This book is about Cinderella that is a cyborg that's in a future looking world were she actually is a mix of the original fairy tale and a new side story that make the story different and fun!
Cinder
By Marissa Meyer
Book 1 of 4 in the
Lunar Chronicles Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 6 - 8 | Grades 3 - 6 | n/a | 5.8 | 87661 |
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Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.
Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading men
Which of your characters is most like you?
I wish I could say that I'm clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder, but no―I can't fix anything. I'm much more like Cress, who makes a brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third book. She's a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the naïve side―things that could be said about me too―although she does find courage when it's needed most. I think we'd all like to believe we'd have that same inner strength if we ever needed it.
Where do you write?
I have a home office that I've decorated with vintage fairy tale treasures that I've collected (my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar from the forties) and NaNoWriMo posters, but sometimes writing there starts to feel too much like work. On those days I'll write in bed or take my laptop out for coffee or lunch.
If you were stranded on a desert island, which character from Cinder would you want with you?
Cinder, definitely! She has an internet connection in her brain, complete with the ability to send and receive comms (which are similar to e-mails). We'd just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut before we were rescued.
The next book in the Lunar Chronicles is called Scarlet, and is about Little Red Riding Hood. What is appealing to you most about this character as you work on the book?
Scarlet is awesome―she's very independent, a bit temperamental, and has an outspokenness that tends to get her in trouble sometimes. She was raised by her grandmother, an ex-military pilot who now owns a small farm in southern France, who not only taught Scarlet how to fly a spaceship and shoot a gun, but also to have a healthy respect and appreciation for nature. I guess that's a lot of things that appeal to me about her, but she's been a really fun character to write! (The two leading men in Scarlet, Wolf and Captain Thorne, aren't half bad either.)
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN-13: 9781250007209
ISBN-10: 1250007208
Published on 1/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
Book Reviews (152)
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i am on page 22 and its so good ;)
Really good
I am on page 13 and so far, great book! My sister has read all the books and she begged me to read them, and I usually HATE books! It is rare for me to find a book I like. Great Book
A robotic Cinderella!?!? What? The book C inder b y Marissa Meyer is about a robotic Cinderella. Overall, I would rate this book a 5 out 5. You would like this book if you like broken fairy tales. This is a fantasy book that can rival H arry Potter . This book is the beginning of a series that shows the main characters, Cinder, struggles. This book is set in the future after WWIV. Just from that one sentence, you can tell that there has been some disagreement between the countries. There has been a plague spreading through the Eastern Commonwealth, the place that Cinder lives. The king has caught the plague and is about to die. The prince is not ready to become a king yet. The prince came to Cinder, the best mechanic in the commonwealth, to ask her to fix one of his androids. He jokes around and says that there is important information that will help kill the plague. Even though he was disguised, she still recognized him because of her cyborg eyes. This is a broken fairy tale because in the book, she goes to a ball and meets the prince, but it goes all wrong because their are people there that want to kill her. That is not a happy ending like in the real Cinderella. Another example of this book being a broken fairy tale is that there are cyborgs, and hovercrafts, and a plague that is killing everyone! This book has all of this and still manages to incorporate a Cinderella theme. This book is kind of like L eviathan if you have ever read that book. They both have other worldly inventions, but C inder is set in the future while L eviathan is set in the past. They both have people who are pretending to be other people. This is a great book and you will not be disappointed if you read this book
this is the beginning to my favorite book series i have ever read. I wish the series could never end.
i enjoyed it, fun, and exhilaration ..
I love courage and bravery; one of the few things people decide to show truly. We think that doing that could put us or our reputations at risk and that's not any good news. I think this book has shown me what it's truly like to be put in a position in which you almost have no other choice but to truly show bravery and courage. Knowing that there is so much more to life than crushing and fan-girling over people, Cinder really is an inspiration for me, even as a cyborg. That too has shown me that discrimination against people or things is not okay in any manner and makes me cringe every time I read about it. I think that everyone can learn a lesson or two from Cinder and her nerve racking situations.
I highly recommend this book for anyone. This takes a few chapters to get into but it is worth it!!!
Cinder is very much for higher level readers. At first Cinder has a very slow and boring start and you don't understand much only at the beginning but once you start getting into the details and the plot you fall in love with thee people in the book and start to hate other people in the book don't read the first and be like not for me this book is in the future it has the fairy tale for the girls and the adventure I give this book 4 stars because it does not seem super interesting at first but I promise you will fall in love with Cinder