Tuesday, March 8, 2022

The Stolen Slippers by Melissa de la Cruz - ADVISABLE

The Stolen Slippers (Never After #2) by Melissa de la Cruz, 336 pages. Roaring Brook (Macmillan), 2022. $17

Language: G (0 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: G; Violence: G (fantasy fighting)

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Filomena is back in Never After – she is headed there with Jack, Gretel, and Alstair in order to recover the glass slippers from Cinderella, who is not as sweet as Filomena was led to believe. The Prince is betrothed to one of the step-sisters, and the two are truly in love.  But if Cinderella dances with him at midnight, in those slippers, his heart may be caught – and the slippers are one of the treasures!

For a strong group of middle grade fantasy readers, this is a must. They will alternately yell at the heroes as they get caught in obvious fairy tale traps (house made of candy in the woods) and cheer as they unmask the villains.

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS


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