Spot-on characters of both children make this book a lively, fun read. Mlynowski has a great ear for dialog and humor. The brotherly/sisterly love and quick-witted banter between Jonah and Abby is sweet and funny. The kids try to help Cinderella figure out her strengths and what kind of job she can get to please her fairy godmother and marry the prince. There is no way a glass slipper is going to fit! Her fairy godmother refuses to help saying that if she wants to become a princess, Cinderella needs to gain some responsibility for herself. She leaves one glass slipper behind and the kids chase her to her home in the hopes that she might have a magic mirror at her house that will transport them back home.Ĭinderella injures her foot and by morning, her toes are swollen. The ball goes like the fairy tale, Cinderella enters and dances with the prince all night and runs away as the clock is striking twelve. She’s wearing pink pajamas with purple polka dots and sees the Floom flag-and finds out she’s actually wearing their flag on her pajamas. No one there knows Snow White, but the kids soon find out they are in the wrong fairy tale altogether.Ībby realizes they have entered the castle and are attending a ball-it’s the Cinderella story.
On the fourth night, however, they are sucked through the mirror and end up on the floor of a giant coat closet in a beautiful castle. They try the magic mirror in the basement three nights in a row to no avail. The kids are determined to visit the land of Zamel again and find Snow White and claim Abby’s favorite pajamas. This is the second book in a charming series of fairy tales meet spunky girl Abby and her funny younger brother Jonah.
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