If the Shoe Fits
(Whatever After #2)

Author

Sarah Mlynowski

Publication Date

November 26, 2013

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 4^th − 5^th

Paperback

Description

Tonight the mirror swept us into Cinderella's fairy tale. Now, we are NOT messing this story up. No way. Cinderella is going to marry her prince just like she's supposed to.

Uh-oh. Cinderella broke her foot and there's massive swelling. The glass slipper won't fit, the prince won't know she's the one for him, and they won't live happily ever after. And it's all our fault!

To save the day we'll need to:

Learn how to use a dustpan
Stay out of jail
Find Cinderella a job
And make sure true love finds its way.

We just have to get it all done before the clock strikes twelve and the chance for a happily ever after is gone . . . forever!

Publication date

November 26, 2013

Classification

Fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9780545415682

Lexile Measure

420

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Series

Whatever After

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Characters in literature
Characters and characteristics in literature
Brothers and sisters
Fairy tales
Magic mirrors
Cinderella (Legendary character)

School Library Journal

Gr 3-6 This charming story serves as a solid follow-up to Fairest of All (Scholastic, 2012). Abby and her younger brother, Jonah, are transported from Smithville to the land of Floom, where they encounter Cinderella. As they did with Snow White in the first book, the siblings manage to alter the course of events and create a little chaos. The glass slipper has fallen on Cinderella's foot, causing it to swell and bruise, and her fairy godmother will not help her until she can prove that she is capable of being self-reliant. Can Abby and Jonah help Cinderella grow as a person before it's too late and she loses her happily ever after? It is fun to see Cinderella go from a damsel in distress to an independent young woman, not to mention refreshing. The characters are not as one-dimensional as one would assume, and the twists throughout the story make it a worthwhile fractured fairy tale.—Elizabeth Swistock, Orange County Public Library, VA

Sarah Mlynowski

Sarah Mlynowski is the New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series, the Magic in Manhattan series, Best Wishes, Gimme a Call, and a bunch of other books for teens and tweens, including the Upside-Down Magic series, which she cowrites with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins and which was adapted into a movie for the Disney Channel. Originally from Montreal, Sarah now lives in Los Angeles with her family. Visit Sarah online at sarahm.com and find her on Instagram, Facebook, and X at @sarahmlynowski.

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