In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape. You've heard the fairy tale: a glass slipper, Prince Charming, happily ever after . . .Welcome to royal reality: genealogy lessones, needlepoint, acting like "a proper lady," and --worst of all --- a prince who is not the least bit interesting, and certainly not charming. As soon-to-be princess Ella deals with her newfound status, she comes to realize she is not "your majesty" material. But breaking off a royal engagement in no easy feat, especially when you're crushing on another boy in the palace. For Ella to escape, it will take intelligence, determination, and spunk -- and no ladylike behavior allowed.
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