The must-read
series for older kids is The Lunar Chronicals by Maissa Meyer. In the first book, Cinder has a way with
machines. She’s a gifted mechanic because she’s had to learn to deal with
herself – she’s a cyborg. Among other things she has an artificial foot and her
mean step mother hasn’t allowed her to spend the money to replace it since she
was about 11, so it’s too small. Sound familiar? It should, but there are some
clever twists. One day, a young man brings an adroid to her booth for her to
repair. He has his sweatshirt hood pulled up over his head and when it falls
down, it is none other than the hunky young prince.
While a deadly
plague ravages Earth's population, the Lunar people watch from space.
Cinder, and eventually her crowd of cronies, is caught trying to save the world by
uncovering her past.
Cinder is a great read that
twists a familiar fairytale. It is followed by Scarlet, Cress, and Winter, all of which add other fairytale
favorites in this futuristic fantasy. If, after finishing the series, you can’t
get enough (and I know several people who couldn’t get enough!) there’s Fairest, which gives you the background
on Queen Levana, and Stars Above,
which is a collection of short stories involving the same characters.
Also due
out in the fall is Heartless, the
story of the Queen of Hearts from Alice
in Wonderland. It's not a continuation of the series, but a stand-alone that promises to be just as captivating.
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