Cinders & Sparks. Lindsey Kelk

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Название Cinders & Sparks
Автор произведения Lindsey Kelk
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The Borough Press

       The Borough Press

The Borough Press

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019

      Published in this ebook edition in 2019

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      Text copyright © Lindsey Kelk 2019

      Illustrations copyright © Pippa Curnick 2019

      Cover design copyright © HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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      Source ISBN: 9780008292119

      Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008292126

      Version: 2019-04-29

      For Karrahan, Edie and Ayse,

       who are already magic

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Keep Reading …

       About the Publisher

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      ‘A long time ago, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a girl. And, even though the girl was humble and poor, she was as kind as she was beautiful and, whenever she passed by, all the townsfolk would say she was—’

      ‘Incredibly boring?’

      A young girl with messy hair and bright eyes stood in the doorway, yawning so hard her head almost fell right off her shoulders.

      ‘Good morning, Cinders.’ Margery, the storyteller and the girl’s stepmother, gave her a stern look. ‘Have you finished all your chores already?’

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      ‘Yes,’ said Cinders.

      ‘You’ve chopped the wood?’

      ‘Yes,’ said Cinders.

      ‘You’ve fed the pigs?’

      ‘Yes,’ said Cinders.

      ‘Done all the dishes?’

      Cinders looked back at the pile of plates, bowls and saucepans stacked up in the sink. She had not done all the dishes. She had not done any of the dishes.

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      ‘Yes,’ said Cinders, swiftly stepping to the side to block her stepmother’s view of the kitchen. ‘May I go outside now?’

      ‘No,’ replied Margery, turning back to her book. ‘Ladies don’t play outside.’

      ‘Ladies stay inside and sit nicely,’ Cinders’s stepsister, Agnes, announced from her seat on the sofa. ‘Like us, listening to Mother reading. Ladies don’t ruin their dresses in the mud as you always do.’

      ‘I like reading but I like reading for myself, not listening