If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?

by Melissa Kantor

Book Overview

Wicked stepmother? Check . Evil stepsisters? Check . Miserable life? Check . Lucy Norton 's life has all the makings of a Cinderella story. Her dad 's always away on business, leaving Lucy with her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786809604
• ISBN13: 9780786809608
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

a great book for 13 year old girls

i think this book is exelent and a great book. my daughter read it, she's 13, and she loves it....

Great

This book had me hooked from the first sentence. it was like a modern approach to "cinderella". She had problems with her family and her love life. and this book took you through all her ups. and her downs. The plot practically forced me to read it. But in a good way! i would recomend it!

If I Have A Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?

I started this book last night and stayed up until almost 2 in the morning reading it. Yes, it's that good. I love how Lucy starts out as mega uncool and then goes straight to the top in what seems like overnight. With just one comment about basketball, she has the attention of the hottest, most sought after guy in the school who just happens to be big on basketball and the star player. At the same time, she makes two best friend. After that, though her life at home stays horrible, she spends her time gabbing with her friends, going to the A-list parties, shopping for dresses, and kissing her new boyfriend. But then, on one date, Lucy realizes something isn't right. It seems their relationship is just about touching and basketball. Soon after, she begins having feelings for another guy, but she can't dumb her guy or she'll lose everything she gained, won't she? This story is fun, unpredictable, and sweet. It really tells the life of the new girl and it's an amazing read. I definitely recommend reading it!

my new Favorite Cinderella Story!

"If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's my prince", a current day Cinderella story, is filled with humor and today's problems that teenagers face. This book is so unpredictable you won't believe it! Lucy starts off as the average new kid, in a big school, with no friends but a secret crush. Her mother died but her new stepmother and sisters are there. He dad is always gone to work. Does this remind you of Cinderella? When I was reading this book I was laughing so hard when she told her corny jokes that no one understood, such as: Who is going to win the basket ball game? I think the bears are Lucy answers. Really Lucy is a sports fanatic. I also laughed at how her quantity time with her step mom and dad was furniture shopping. Some of the problems deal with drugs and drinking at her thirteen year old little sister's party. Other problems are girl problems like what am wearing to prom, and does he really like me? Lucy thinks she loves Conner, but will he be her prince in the end? Let's just say that this is the most unpredictable book I've ever read and love it. The way Melissa Kantor writes pondering thoughts like "Conner Pearson knows who I am, I found myself thinking. He knows my name. Of course, my name was just about the only thing he did know about he, but it was something. After all, what did Prince Charming know about Cinderella besides her shoe size?" Makes you want to keep reading forever. I hope you enjoy helping Lucy go through all the problems, and laughs in her real life Cinderella story. I know I did.

A light-hearted and humorous read

For some teens, high school life isn't exactly easy --- especially when you're "the new kid." Staying silent in class is customary, not making eye contact in the halls is well-advised, and eating alone at the lunch table is a given. For many of these less outgoing newcomers, blending into the background is the safest route to take in order to avoid calling attention to any differences that might stick out or invite judgment from the hipper, trendier, cool crowd. Feeling invisible or lonely is hard to handle in your teenage years, but being the brunt of the in-crowd's ridicule is significantly worse --- it's torture. When sixteen-year-old Lucy Norton and her newly-remarried father relocate from San Francisco to a posh suburb of Long Island to live with the new stepfamily, Lucy's life is turned upside down. She is friendless, virtually homeless (her new "room" consists of an air-mattress on the floor in an unfurnished basement), and is faced with the difficult challenge of getting along with her two spoiled, teeny-bopper younger stepsisters and her impossibly shallow, constantly redecorating stepmother. On top of that, her once attentive father has no time for her between his weekly trip back to the West Coast for work and his newly acquired "perfect" family. The more time she spends in her new environment, the more Lucy begins to feel like poor, pathetic Cinderella --- overworked, under-appreciated, and hopelessly alone. As in every quintessential fairy tale, however, Lucy's life suddenly changes for the better. With just one haphazard comment in the lunchroom about sports, she captures the attention of the hottest guy in school (the star of the varsity basketball team, of course), and manages to make two best girlfriends in the process. From that moment on, her life consists of shopping and gabbing with the girls; going to "it" upperclassmen parties; making out with Connor Pearson, her Prom King boyfriend; and working on her self-portrait in the art room while simultaneously chatting up her mysterious and talented, but seriously off-putting classmate, Sam Wolff. Despite constant aggravation from her wicked stepsisters and evil stepmother, Lucy has transformed herself into the most popular chick at school in just a few short weeks, and has packed a social calendar worthy of any classmate's envy. What more could Cinderella ask for? But, as Prom approaches and Lucy starts to feel like the time spent with Connor consists solely of wandering hands and sports talk, the fairy tale romance that she once believed was possible seems cracked. Could it be that the connection she had hoped to feel with Connor might be better suited with someone thoughtful, intelligent and quirky --- like Sam Wolff? What would everyone say if she broke up with the jock to date the art freak? Would her much sought-after and cool reputation survive if disconnected from the popular group's influence? With plenty of trendy lingo, girlie gossip, and prom talk to go around, Meli