A Cinderella Story

by Robin Wasserman

This title offers a modern twist on the classic Cinderella story as young Samantha is left to live with her evil stepmother and step-sisters and can only find comfort in the friendship of a faceless... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 043965341X
• ISBN13: 9780439653411
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Twist for Cinderella

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Cinderella was based on a human teenage girl? In this book a girl named Samantha is living with her dad after a very tragic car accident that her mother got into. They have a huge house right next to a lake; it looks like a castle. Now do you see were Cinderella comes in? Samantha is sad about her mom but she is having the time of her life with her dad. Then Samantha's dad gets married to and evil women named Fiona. She had already had two daughters; they were all happy well most of them were. Later in the story Sam started to live with Fiona and Fiona's daughters because one day Sam's dad died in an earthquake while trying to save Fiona. Sam hasn't been herself since then. She was going to school, working at the Diner, but Sam's top priority was to find out who "Mystery Prince" was, and get into a good college. The night of the Masquerade Dance came and Sam had no one to go with. She wasn't going to go either if her shift wasn't over or the house wasn't spotless. Fiona wouldn't let her go unless all that was finished. Luckily her very close friend at the Diner had a dress for Sam so she went to the dance as Cinderella. I would tell you the end but that's the best part so if you want to find out you'll have to read the book. What I think was good in the book was the beginning and the end. What could have been better was the middle because they didn't tell very much. I would recommend this book to mostly 8-13 year olds because if your younger it will be hard to understand, and if your older it will be a little immature.

A Cinderella Story

Would you work or live with people you don't really like? Just imagine how Sam feels living with stepfamily who treats her like she's not part of the family! Sam feels like a Cinderella doing all the work around the house. A Cinderella Story is a fictional story by Robin Wasserman. Robin has written other books like Pride, Stormy Night, Lust, and many more. Sam Montgomery is a beautiful, clever, kindhearted teenager whose life isn't easy. Her mother had died when she was only about eight years old. She had to work in her dad's old diner place to earn her keep. But luckily for Sam, she has an IM buddy, Nomad, whom she messages every day, and is the only good thing she has. Sam's dad remarried a woman named Fiona. Eight years later, Sam's dad died leaving her to live with her step mom and step sisters. Fiona and her daughters make Sam do all the work around the house, not letting her hang out with her friends. Then there's Brianna and Gabriella, Fiona's daughters, who make Sam do their homework. Sam doesn't know that Nomad is the most popular kid in the school, Austin Ames. She hasn't met Nomad, so he suggested they meet at their school's Halloween Ball. When Sam asked to go to the ball, Fiona said no because she had to stay working at her dad's dinner place. Sam decided to sneak out of work, go to the ball to meet her Nomad and go back to work so she wouldn't get caught. The people who worked at the diner helped Sam to go to the ball. I would recommend this book for people who like happy endings. After reading this book, I've become a little more interested in reading books because I like happy endings.

a Cinderella Story by janet jackson

This story was about a princess who lives with her stepmom and 2 stepsisters, because her dad died in an earthquake. Her stepmom is taking over her dads resteraunt now, and cinderella has to work there. She hates her life. She's like her stepmoms slave. The only good part about her life, is her instant messanger buddy Nomad. She knows he goes to her school but little does she know he's the most popular guy in school. And little does he know,she is the loser of the school. One day he asks her to go to the halloween dance with him. So she met him there and finds out who it is. And she wont take her mask off cause if he finds out who she is he wont like her anymore. They go walking and then she leaves realy fast. Then he finds out who she is and doesn't like her anymore. Then he thinks about it and knows that he can't just let his princess go. So he runs after her and they live happily ever after together. This was a great book because i like books that COULD be true but aren't realy true.

Not Another Fairy Tale Story

"A Cinderella Story: Movie Novelization" is great. I saw the movie first so I already knew what was going to happen but it was cool because the author described everything with more detail. The movie was good because you could actually see "Sam" (Hilary Duff) and "Austin" (Chad M. Murray) interact in real life. But the book had a certain charm and mystery to it. The booked also rocked because it came with tons of pictures from the movie!!!!!!! Chad is so fine and Hilary is so perfectly pretty!

A Cindrella Story

It was like being in a fairy tale story. I could just imagine me seeing Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murry dancing at the halloween dance. And her working at the diner and getting her life back on track after what her evil step-family did to her. It was a wonderful story and I can't wait to see the movie tomorrow when it comes out. I love all Hilary Duff's albums and movies/shows she does.