The queen and her people, the Lunas, are known for their manipulative powers to make themselves look good and more powerful. His immediate responsibility is to come up with a peace negotiation with Queen Levana of Luna, the colony of the moon. Angry at Cinder for potentially exposing Peony, her stepmother, Adri, volunteers Cinder for letumosis research and Cinder is taken away against her will.Īt the palace, Prince Kai’s father, Emperor Rikan, has also contracted letumosis, and the prince must take over his reign. Cinder is tested and is negative for the disease. Her younger stepsister, Peony, goes with her, and while they are there Peony breaks out in rashes she has contracted letumosis and is taken away to quarantine. Her horrible stepmother says that they cannot afford a gown for her and repair their hover, so Cinder decides to go to the junkyard to see what she can find to fix the hover herself.

When Cinder arrives home, she finds her stepmother and stepsisters getting fitted for the ball, and Cinder says she would like to go as well. A short while later, an outbreak of the deadly plague, letumosis, spreads throughout the marketplace. Cinder likes Kai and agrees, but she hides her true identity from him, for fear of being shunned. One day, as she is fitting herself with her new metal foot, Prince Kai comes to her, asking her to fix his android, Nainsi. Sixteen year old Cinder is a cyborg who has a mechanic booth in the city’s marketplace.

What are the main challenges that Cinder faces?.

How is Cinder similar to Cinderella? How is it different?.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer