This story is set in the future after world war iv. Cinder owns a booth in the market place, where she works as a mechanic with the familys android, iko. She is our modern day rapunzel, stuck in a ship that is revolving around luna, alone except for the occasional visit from sybil, levanas favorite thaumaturge. A connection between cinders forgotten childhood and wicked lunar queen levana is predictable from early on. Cinder lives in new beijing with her stepmother and step sisters. Yet, here we have cinder that does exactly that, but instead of being completely bonkers, it presents a story full of plot twists in a new world. The plot twists were predictable if you paid attention to the hints. A full plot summary of what happened in cinder by marissa meyer to help refresh your memory before you read the rest of the series. The protagonist, linh cinder, is a cyborg who operates a mechanic stall. Shes a secondclass citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsisters illness. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. It is the first book in the lunar chronicles and is followed by scarlet. Linh cinder is a talented mechanic whose services are highly respected.
This study guide consists of approximately 47 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of cinder. Plot summary edit linh cinder is a cyborg living in new beijing 126 years after world war iv, with her stepmother, linh adri, and her two stepsisters, linh pearl and linh peony. Analyzing character perspectives lesson 3 of cinder book fourlesson 4. She continuously battles with diversity since she isnt fully human but, puts on a brave. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on cinder. Narrative summary lesson 4 of cinder book four lesson 5. Theme continued lesson 2 of cinder book fourlesson 3. Cinder book san antonio public library bibliocommons. This book report is about a book that ive read called cinder by marissa meyer. It is the fourth and final book in the lunar chronicles series and the sequel to cress.
Linh cinder is a teenage girl, part human, part cyborg who, as a result of her hidden past and lineage, finds herself the center of a war between the lunars, earth, and her own family. In this third book in the bestselling lunar chronicles series, cinder and captain thorne are fugitives on the run, now with scarlet and wolf in tow. Cinder is the first volume in the lunar chronicles series. Self writing style cinder has to endure many different obstacles within herself in order to grow up and take a real look at reality. As cinder begins, a cyborg girl named linh cinder is unscrewing her mechanical foot. Scarlet by marissa meyer summary i will be posting this out of chronological order, as the book skips back and forth between cinders and scarlets view, but i thought it would be easier to keep track of the story by posting their sections separately.
Im not allowed to really talk about my new project, so im going to use examples from the synopsis i wrote for cinder way back when. Features 38 chapter summaries and 5 sections of expert analysis. If the book isnt written yet, i feel like youre writing an outline, not a synopsis, and ive talked about outline writing at length in previous blog posts. Throughout the day, students bully and isolate her. The 26yearold meyers debut novel cinder, though, combines a classic folk tale with hints of the terminator and star wars in the first book of the lunar chronicles youngadult series. Together, theyre plotting to overthrow queen levana and prevent her army from invading earth. Alana, grade 11, of the yorba linda teen book bloggers. It is the first book of a four book series known as the lunar chronicles. The only person who will talk to her is heather, an annoying new girl in town who is focused on social advancement.
Cynical but perceptive, melinda mocks every aspect of merryweather. Cinder is a fantastic female protagonist that you will be rooting for from start to finish. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of new beijing. In her rush, cinder appears at the ball in a wrinkled dress and oilstained gloves, attracting not only the attention of the crowd, but of prince kai and queen levana. Cinder book king county library system bibliocommons. Linh cinder is a cyborg living in new beijing 126 years after world war iv, with her stepmother, linh adri, and her two stepsisters, linh pearl and linh peony. Book one in the lunar chronicles summary cinder is a story of desperation, suffering, discrimination, and an overwhelming hope for change and acceptance. Our cyborg heroine teams up with two new characters, scarlet and wolf, to defend earth against a wicked space queen. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the plot summary submission guide. This time we follow winter snow white and jacin the huntsman. Melinda sordino begins her freshman year at merryweather high depressed and alone.
He managed, however, to rescue his unborn son dionysus and stitched the baby into his thigh. Winter is the fourth and final book in the lunar chronicles by marissa meyer. Princess winter is admired by the lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars. Her stepmother demands that cinder support the family with her skills as a mechanic, which is just fine by cinder.
It looks like we dont have any plot summaries for this title yet. She is also the best licensed mechanic in new beijing. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. What happened in cinder by marissa meyer recaptains. Each book follows a different couple but we still have the previous couples running around throughout the story arc.
If you are on the fence after reading cinder, i urge you to keep going. Cinder was selected as one of indiebounds kids next list for winter 2012. The good cindera sixteen to seventeen year old mechanic who is half cyborg half lunar a type of alien species that lives on the moon. To her knowledge, at the age of 11 she was involved in a hover accident that killed her parents and required extensive surgery to save her life. I enjoyed this book, it is very well written and i found myself really sympathising with cinder, not just because of her mean stepmother but because although she is a cyborg, she is more human than most of. A chinese drug traffickers daughter must make a fatal decision between familial loyalty and romantic love. The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of snow white, similar to its predecessors cinder, scarlet and cress which were loosely. Her former best friend, rachel, is particularly cruel. This book cinder is different from cinderella because in this book cinder is a robot. Cinder is a story of desperation, suffering, discrimination, and an overwhelming hope for change and acceptance. Cinder receives a message that prince kai is in danger and faces certain death if he married the lunar queen.
The story is loosely based on the classic fairytale cinderella. She has to defeat herself before she can defeat anything else. Terms in this set 61 when the book opens, what is cinder doing. The fairytale cinderella provides the foundation for marissa meyers 2012 novel cinder, which puts a futuristic and dystopian twist on the classic tale of love and the complexities of social class. Marissa meyer booklist marissa meyer message board. Cinder very loosely follows the fairy tale cinderella. Cinder is a teenage cyborg who gets embroiled in an outsiders plot to overthrow the king.
Narrative summary continued lesson 5 of cinder book four lesson 6. You asked for a summary of the novel cinder by marissa meyer. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome prince kais, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Cinder is a dystopian retelling of cinderella with a bad stepmother, handsome prince, but in this case cinderella is a cyborg named cinder. This series promises either to be very very good, or a hot mess of characters and plot lines. Download the first five chapters of cinder by marissa meyer and start reading now. This book with the others in the lunar chronicles series make it fun to watch all the pieces come together as the fairy tale characters are woven throughout this futuristic distopian fantasy.
Click to read a full summary, including spoilers, now. The first book in the lunar chronicles series by marissa meyer. Our summaries will give you the general outline of the plot, and a very specific, searchable, breakdown of the plot, setting, character types, and style of the book or film in question. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Speak summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Cinder lunar chronicles 1 book summary and study guide. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next installment, scarlet, in 20.
Our old world was destroyed during the war and out of the ruins the people who survived built new cities. Zeus, too powerful for a mortal to behold, emerged from the sky as a bolt of lightning and burnt semele to a cinder. She is deemed a secondclass citizen because she is a cyborg and. Cinder is a very entertaining book with almost no cliches. This quote explains how cinder is letting her old self. This 58page guide for cinder by marissa meyer includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 38 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. This book features winter loosely based on snow white, and takes place on luna. Plot summary cinder opens in a bustling marketplace in futuristic new beijing. Book adaptations a list of 28 titles created 22 apr 2017 book to movie.
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