Reviewed by book club member Arlene Navidad
The Selection. The two words every girl loves to hear--every girl except America Singer that is.  America is your typical "five"; she was homeschooled so she never really had any friends, but she did have a forbidden love  with Aspen, a "six".  She had her life all planned out, but everything changed when she entered The Selection.  She's rushed away from her family and the love of her life, to a competition for a prize she never wanted, then has to ...
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Mrs. A's rating
I love this series of books!  Cinder is the first book and is loosely based on the fairytale Cinderella.  Each book in the series focusses on a different character in the same story and each is loosely based on a different fairy tale.  Check them all out at our library.  In this book Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, mistreated by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. When her life becomes intertwi...

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