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Cinder (novel)
''Cinder'' is the debut novel of Marissa Meyer, published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. The story is loosely based on the classic fairytale "Cinderella". ''Cinder'' was selected as one of IndieBound's Kids' Next List for winter 2012.
==Plot==
The story is set in a futuristic new Beijing, where the various countries have re-organized to form various new empires and alliances and the moon has been colonized. The protagonist, Linh Cinder is a cyborg that operates a small mechanic’s stall at a local street market in New Beijing, and lives under the guardianship of her stepmother. Early in the book, she meets Prince Kai who requests her to fix a personal android. Cinder’s stepsister falls sick with a plague after accompanying Cinder to a junkyard to collect spare parts for a repair. In anger, Cinder’s stepmother “volunteers” Cinder for plague research. When Cinder is injected with the plague, she shows an immunity to it. Dr Erland, the plague researcher, starts to do research on Cinder’s immunity, which leads to research on Cinder’s unique physiology, her cyborg implants, and eventually to Cinder’s life prior to becoming a cyborg at the age of 11, of which Cinder has no memory of.
At the same time, Prince Kai's father dies of the plague, resulting in the Prince becoming Emperor of the Eastern Commonwealth. There was pressure to create an alliance between the Earth countries and the Moon colony, lead by Queen Levana, who has the ability to manipulate the bioelectricity of people around her and make them see what she wants them to see. The proposed alliance is through Prince Kai marrying Queen Levana, however, Prince Kai wants to thwart this plan by finding someone else to marry first. He is also searching for information regarding the people of the Lunar colony, which is what his personal android was looking for when it broke. Soon after, Linh Peony dies of letumosis and Linh Cinder stores her ID chip and takes it with her. Because of this, Linh Adri punishes Cinder by smashing Iko to pieces.
The story culminates with an annual ball, where secrets are discovered and characters have to make a decision on their future.
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