Read the first five chapters of the New York Times bestselling Cinder by Marissa Meyer on Wattpad! Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl…. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

Taking place 30 years after Jack slayed the Great Giant, his 17 year old daughter Emiline Woodstock is longing for the same sense of adventure. One day her curiosity leads her to the mysterious Brockland forest, an area that her parents had strictly prohibited her from entering due to its strange noises and frequent disappearances. Emiline knew better than to linger, however, her curiosity wins over her as she spots a towering beanstalk, massive vines and all. Tempted by her will for adventure and inspired by her father's story, Emiline starts to climb the beanstalk when a large thump in the ground stops her. Immediately, Emiline recognizes the figure as a large shadow looms over her: a Giant. The Giant was quick to recognize Emiline's scent, connecting her relation to Jack, the boy who had slayed his fellow Giant. Eager to take revenge on the Woodstocks, the Giant kidnaps Emiline and takes her to its palace up the beanstalk to be a slave. While at the palace, Emiline meets the Giant's other capture, lost Prince Fabian. Together, Emiline and the prince will have to work together and concoct a plan to escape the Giants empire in the clouds. **Entry for the Rewind The Classics Contest **Jack and The Beanstalk Retelling