Book Series

The Lunar Chronicles Books

In order from Cinder to Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Fairest: Levana's Story
chapter • 400 Pages
Cinder
#1 in Series
Book #1

Cinder

Written by Marissa Meyer
11 - 15
Reading age
400
Page count
219
Words per page
Jan 3, 2012
Publication date
Hardcover
$21.99
$23.74

Summary

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series! Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading menWhich of your characters is most like you?I wish I could say that I’m clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder, but no–I can’t fix anything. I’m much more like Cress, who makes a brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third book. She’s a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the naïve side–things that could be said about me too–although she does find courage when it’s needed most. I think we’d all like to believe we’d have that same inner strength if we ever needed it. Where do you write?I have a home office that I’ve decorated with vintage fairy tale treasures that I’ve collected (my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar from the forties) and NaNoWriMo posters, but sometimes writing there starts to feel too much like work. On those days I’ll write in bed or take my laptop out for coffee or lunch.If you were stranded on a desert island, which character from Cinder would you want with you?Cinder, definitely! She has an internet connection in her brain, complete with the ability to send and receive comms (which are similar to e-mails). We’d just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut before we were rescued. The next book in the Lunar Chronicles is called Scarlet, and is about Little Red Riding Hood. What is appealing to you most about this character as you work on the book?Scarlet is awesome–she’s very independent, a bit temperamental, and has an outspokenness that tends to get her in trouble sometimes. She was raised by her grandmother, an ex-military pilot who now owns a small farm in southern France, who not only taught Scarlet how to fly a spaceship and shoot a gun, but also to have a healthy respect and appreciation for nature. I guess that’s a lot of things that appeal to me about her, but she’s been a really fun character to write! (The two leading men in Scarlet, Wolf and Captain Thorne, aren’t half bad either.)

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The Lunar Chronicles Series

Published from 2012 - 2016
6 books
chapter • 400 Pages
Cinder
Hardcover
$21.99$23.74
chapter • 464 Pages
Scarlet
#2 in Series
Hardcover
$19.99$18.99
chapter • 560 Pages
Cress
#3 in Series
Hardcover
$24.99$23.74
chapter • 832 Pages
Winter
#4 in Series
Hardcover
$28.99$27.54
chapter • 272 Pages
Fairest: Levana's Story
#5 in Series
Hardcover
$19.99$18.99
chapter • 400 Pages
Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection
#6 in Series
Hardcover
$28.99$27.54
Year#TitlePages
20121Cinder400
20132Scarlet464
20143Cress560
20154Winter832
20155Fairest: Levana's Story272
20166Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection400

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