If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?
Melissa Kantor
- Reading
- Try reading a few chapters together or checking in after Lucy’s early school and family experiences. This gives your reader room to say what feels relatable before deciding whether to continue independently.
- Themes
- Fairy-tale expectations and self-discovery: Lucy sees her life as resembling Cinderella’s and hopes that basketball star Connor might be her prince. The story appears to engage with the idea of a prince and a happy ending while pointing towards self-discovery; the title alone does not establish how it treats those expectations.
- Worth knowing
- If family tensions or feeling out of place are sensitive topics for your reader, consider checking in as you read. How harsh these experiences become, and how they are resolved, is not clear.