The stepsister scheme

Format:

Book

Title:

The stepsister scheme

Author:

Hines, Jim C.

ISBN:

9780756405328

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

344 pages ; 18 cm

Series title(s):

DAW book collectors ;

Number in series:

NO. 1461.

Summary:

"You know how all those old fairy tales take you through lots of scary adventures till you finally reach that inevitable line: 'And they all lived happily ever after--' Guess what? It's not true. Life in never-never land isn't all sweetness and light. Cinderella--whose real name is Danielle Whiteshore (née Danielle de Glas)--does marry Prince Armand. And their wedding is a dream come true. But not long after the 'happily ever after, ' Danielle is attacked by her stepsister Charlotte, who suddenly has all sorts of magic to call upon. And though Talia--otherwise known as Sleeping Beauty--comes to the rescue (she's a martial arts master, and all those fairy blessings make her almost unbeatable), Charlotte gets away."--Page 4 of cover.

Personal Subject:

Cinderella (Legendary character)-Fiction.

Cinderella (Legendary character)

Subject(s):

Fairy tales -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Stepsisters -- Fiction.

Young adults -- Fiction.

Genre:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Dallas Public Library	PBK Hines, J. Stepsister	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

What would happen if an author went back to the darker themes of the original fairy tales for his plots, and then crossed the Disney princesses with Charlie's Angels? What's delivered is The Stepsister Scheme ?a whole new take on what happened to Cinderella and her prince after the wedding. And with Jim C. Hines penning the tale readers can bet it won't be "and they lived happily ever after."

Author Notes

Jim C. Hines has been a paid juggler, earned a black belt in two different martial arts, performed yo-yo tricks at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and lived with a brain-damaged squirrel. (Only three of those are true.) One of his earliest stories earned first place in the Writers of the Future contest. He's published more than forty short stories as well as numerous fantasy novels, including the humorous Jig the Dragonslayer trilogy, the Princess series, which re-imagines traditional fairy-tale princesses as butt-kicking action heroines, and the Magic Ex Libris series, about a centuries-old secret society dedicated to the use and control of book magic. In 2012, he won the Hugo for Best Fan Writer. Jim lives in Michigan with his wife, two children, and an unstable number of pets. He can be found online at www.jimchines.com.