Language: PG-13 (31 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG (kisses); Violence: PG (2 deaths)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE; HS - ESSENTIAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Ell is on her way to the palace to wed the prince after he appears at her home and she fits the glass slipper. She is so happy to be out from under her evil stepmother’s iron-fisted rule that she doesn’t even care that she wasn’t even at the ball. But someone knows that she is not the girl who danced at the ball. And her stepmother is not ready to give up Ell so easily. And the king is a volatile tyrant who wants to eliminate every fairy from existence. Turns out that Ell was only in the pan - the fires raging around her are oh so worse.
The ferocity of Callela’s Cinderella reminds me of Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron - the Cinderella is going to have to save herself. Readers who enjoy complex fairy tale reworks will have a great time.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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