Come read along on our rather logical fairy tale journey!
Also, make sure you don’t miss reading the excerpt below!!
The Cinderella TheoremYA Urban Fantasy
Paperback, 367 pages
March 17th 2014
Fairy tales are naturally non-mathematical. That is a fact, and fifteen-year-old Lily Sparrow loves factual, mathematical logic. So when her mother confesses that Lily’s deceased father is (a) not dead, (b) coming to dinner, and (c) the ruler of a fairy tale kingdom accessible through the upstairs bathtub, Lily clings to her math to help her make sense of this new double life (1 life in the real world + 1 secret life in the fairy tale world = a double life).
Even though it’s not mathematical, Lily finds herself being pulled into a mystery involving an unhappy Cinderella, a greasy sycophant called Levi, and a slew of vanishing fairy tale characters. Racing against the clock, with a sound mathematical plan, Lily attempts to save her fairy tale friends while proving that normality = happiness.
going out tonight?”
sinking back into her novel.
is bringing dinner.”
mother’s friends, acquaintances, and contacts for a Matt.
“Oh! It was supposed to be a surprise! What am I—”
palm. “Stop. Who is Matt? Explain logically.”
living room, and sat beside me on the couch, patting me on the back. “The thing
is, Lily, I don’t want to explain too much without your father. He—”
I do fine for fifteen years and blow it on the last day. Why am I—”
that your father is not dead.”
was on hit a cow.”[i]
alive and he’s coming to dinner.”
died. You showed me the news story.”
automatically understand? Did I miss the Lily,
your dad is not dead memo?) “There was a train wreck, a cow did die. And it
was on the news. But your father was not on
the train.”
one to do it. Can we just leave it at: he’s not dead, and he’s coming to dinner
tonight?”
your father can explain this a lot better than me.” She stood up. “Now, I need
to work on getting the prince to fall in love with the princess, and you should
probably get your homework done before dinner. I’m sure you’re going to have a
lot to talk about with your dad.” She turned to go back to the office.
Are you kidding me? That’s the end of the conversation?
I seem a little slow to understand what my mom is telling me, keep in mind that
fifteen years of believing my dad is dead is greater than 3 minutes of hearing
he is alive. (15 > 3.)
Kristee Ravan lives in Oklahoma with her husband, daughter, and pet fish, Val (short for Valentine). She wanted to be many things as she grew up including a general, an artist, and an architect. But she never bothered to say, “I want to be a writer when I grow up.” She was always writing stories and thought of herself as a writer anyway. She sent her first story to a publisher in the sixth grade. (It was rejected – in a nice way.) When she is not making up stories in her head, she enjoys reading, juggling, green smoothies, playing dollhouse with her daughter, and hearing from her fans. You can contact Kristee at the facebook page for her Lily Sparrow books: The Lily Sparrow Chronicles.
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3 Comments
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What a fascinating book! I think it would be fun to be half fairie and have special magical powers.
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I would love to be half-fairie if I could fly and do magic.
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It would be awesome to be half fairy. But only the flying type lol.
