My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Cinderella

It wasn’t enough to ruin Maddie’s report on Cinderella - her stepbrother, Holden, has somehow broken the ACTUAL fairy tale. The ugly stepsister is marrying the prince, and there’s no happy ever after! The only way to fix it is by entering the story. But if Holden and Maddie can’t solve the problem, they’ll be stuck in the fairy tale world forever. Ages 8 to 12 AUTHOR: Jerry Mahoney loves books - reading them, writing them, and especially ruining them. He has written for and ruined television shows, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. He is excited to finally be ruining something as beloved as a fairy tale. He lives in New York with his husband, Drew, and their very silly children. SELLING POINTS:

Pokes plot holes in well-known classics by viewing them through the eyes of two savvy, modern 11 year olds

Familiar characters with a twist: what if Cinderella’s Ugly Stepsister just wanted to go to art school? Plus new additions: meet Darreth, Duke of the Darkness, who suffers from thunder clapping every time someone says his name

Told with humor and charm, fairy tales are lovingly recrafted into something readers won’t expect, but will love.