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Informationen zum Autor Cameron Dokey is the author of nearly thirty young adult novels. Her fairy tales include The Storyteller’s Daughter , Sunlight and Shadow , and Golden . She has also written the #1 bestselling How Not to Spend Your Senior Year . She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband and four cats. Klappentext A nameless baby is left in the care of servants following her mother's death and her father's desertion. The child's tendency to sleep in the fireplace earns her the name RLa CendrillonS in this retelling of the classic fairy tale. Original. Zusammenfassung "ONCE UPON A TIME" IS TIMELESS Etienne de Brabant is brokenhearted. His wife has died in childbirth! leaving him alone with an infant daughter he cannot bear to name. But before he abandons her for king and court! he brings a second child to be raised alongside her! a boy whose identity he does not reveal. The girl! La Cendrillon! and the boy! Raoul! pass sixteen years in the servants' care until one day a very fine lady arrives with her two daughters. The lady has married La Cendrillon's father! and her arrival changes their lives. When an invitation to a great ball reaches the family! La Cendrillon's new stepmother will make a decision with far-reaching effects. Her choice will lead La Cendrillon and Raoul toward their destiny -- a choice that will challenge their understanding of family! test their loyalty and courage! and! ultimately! teach them who they are.
