Lucy Cantor's Cinderella

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This book is about a red-haired girl named Lucy Cantor moves from San Francisco to Long

Island after his father remarries a women with two daughters. She finds herself in a fairy tale after she

realizes the similarities between her and Cinderella. She had a stepmother and two bratty stepsisters.

She lives in the basement with no furniture and a never ending list of chores from her stepmother. She

went to a new school since she moved to Long Island. She was always alone and tried to avoid

everyone until this boy named Connor Pearson. He became interested in her so these two girls dating

his friends wanted to be friends with her. They hang out with her and go shopping with her. She also

takes art class and there is a really talented

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