Just Ella
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Like every commoner in the land, Ella dreams of going to the ball and
marrying Prince Charming. But after she is chosen to marry the prince,
life with the royal family is not the 'happily ever after' that Ella
imagined. Pitiless and cold, the royals try to mold her into their
vision of a princess. Ella's life becomes a meaningless schedule of
protocol, which she fears she will never grasp. And Prince Charming's
beautiful face hides a vacant soul. Even as her life turns to misery,
the stories persist that Ella's fairy godmother sent her to the ball:
How else could the poor girl wear a beautiful gown, arrive in a coach,
and dance in those glass slippers? But there is no fairy godmother to
help Ella escape the deadening life of the castle. Can she do it on
her own?
Cinderella
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