Cinder

By Marissa Meyer

Subjects: Science fiction, Extraterrestrial beings, fiction, Science Fiction, Honorariums, Young adult fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction, Kings and rulers, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Reading Level-Grade 12, General, Large type books, New York Times bestseller, Reading Level-Grade 9, Stepfamilies, fiction, Extraterrestrial beings, Young adult works, Reading Level-Grade 8, Social classes, Cybernetics, Reading Level-Grade 7, Fort Worth Library, Cyborgs, Fiction, Overpopulation, JUVENILE FICTION, Children's fiction, Plague, Reading Level-Grade 11, Juvenile works, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, Juvenile fiction, Sunshine State Reader 2013-2014, Reading Level-Grade 10, Wealth, nyt:chapter_books=2011-12-31, Stepfamilies

Description: 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, but mostly a forbidden love, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.