Content levels
Trigger warnings
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Tropes
Synopsis
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.
Is Cinder appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A sci-fi Cinderella retelling with a cyborg heroine, plague storyline, and forbidden romance. Contains moderate action violence, class discrimination themes, and disease elements, but no graphic content or sexual scenes.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, plague/epidemic, and class struggle (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will love this futuristic twist on Cinderella with a mechanic cyborg heroine, a handsome prince, and intergalactic stakes.