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AND the writing! It's delicious and snarky and fun and touching. Very, very touching. Read it LOVE this book. Read it. Then pass it to your daughter and your daughter's friends and let them read it. Trust me, you'll be glad you did. Jul 27, Lana Krumwiede added it.

I loved the main character and the mysterious glasses and the idea that understanding another person's thoughts makes you see them differently. The voice is so perfectly middle grade. Great humor, middle school drama, friendship, character growth, red hots and fairy god mothers--this book has it all!

May 11, Dawn rated it really liked it. I guess I didn't realize how young this was when I added it to my wish list. Still, it was very cute and if I was in 7th grade, I'm sure I'd have loved it.

I'm going to pass it on to a girl who actually is in 7th grade, and hopefully she will enjoy it too. Apr 08, Karen rated it really liked it. Super cute twist on fairy godmother helping out a middle school girl find her vision Callie gets some magic glasses that help her see what people think , glasses end up helping her and others Great story for youth about gaining confidence, the true meaning of friendship Really fun read. I love it when a book is not only written in a way that readers of all ages will be able to identify with it, but it delivers a great message for it's targeted audience.

Jenny Lundquist's debut, Seeing Cinderella is a fun, charming, fast paced read that really struck a chord with me. Though I was never shy like the story's main character Callie, I still got her as a character. I remembered what it was like to be in her shoes at that awkward age in middle school when you're trying to discover who I love it when a book is not only written in a way that readers of all ages will be able to identify with it, but it delivers a great message for it's targeted audience.

I remembered what it was like to be in her shoes at that awkward age in middle school when you're trying to discover who you are, you deal with first crush, you first heart break, you realize there's someone better out there, losing best friends, being made fun of, and making new friends. This line at the beginning of the book really hit home for me, "I see Ellen making a bunch of friends at middle school. Then I see me' - I pointed to the larger stone- "reading a book or writing a story in my journal.

Ingram asked. You realize that it's more than just okay to be who you really are. Callie has a bit of an upper hand in discovering everything that's going on around her. Like Callie, I remember vividly the horror of having to get those big ole' chunky glasses in middle school and how embarrassing it was to have to wear them.

Much like Callie's, mine were for reading, but unlike hers, mine didn't allow me to read everyone's thoughts. While that might seem cool at first, after reading Callie's story there's no way I'd want to know what people are thinking, especially in middle school.

Anytime Callie has her glasses on she's able to read her friends, teachers and parent's minds. I liked that Callie figures out that her glass it make it extremely easy for her to misinterpret what others are thinking, and there's more going around her than her own problems. For me what made Callie such a great character is how relatable she is. I enjoyed getting to know her and seeing her change to the girl she becomes by the end of her story.

Seeing Cinderella isn't a fairy tale retelling, but it has a lot of fairytale type qualities to it. Jenny's writing is clean cut, encouraging, and the messages she includes through out her story are ones that readers of all ages can take to heart. Aside from Callie, I really liked her Optometrist, who spoke more like a fairy godmother than an eye doctor. He not only teaches Callie a great lesson by lending her the "special" glasses, but he teaches readers something as well.

When we first meet him he tells Callie his glasses, "help me see who merely needs eyewear and who requires vision correction. Seeing Cinderella is a story I really enjoyed, and I'm looking forward to reading more books by Jenny. If you're looking for a wonderful story to spend the afternoon with, I highly recommend picking this one up!

May 28, Chelsey Wolford rated it really liked it. I loved the style of this book and the characters were probably my favorite part. However, she owned her awkwardness! At first she was unsure of whom she was, but I love how Callie realizes that it is perfectly acceptable to have frizzy, disastrous red hair and tons of freckles.

Her parents are, at the time, separated and this takes a lot of Callie because she struggles daily trying to make sense of it all. We all know how girls can be; mean, devious, malicious, and downright hateful.

Callie faces some trying times and some trying little girls. Her best friend, Ellen, has changed right before her eyes and Callie cannot seem to figure out why she is continually leaving her out in left field while she takes it upon herself to make new friends.

Most girls go through stages like this all the time they develop and their likes and interests change so their friendships drift apart. May 23, Myrtle rated it really liked it. Lighthearted, but maybe too lighthearted.

It was very cheesy and sentimental but overall still ok. Some things never got resolved. Even in the epilogue. Jul 08, Angie rated it really liked it Shelves: realistic-fiction , middle-grade , fairy-tales-fractured-fair-tales , magical-realism. Callie is starting 7th grade at a new school. She is ready for a new start. But she finds out she has to get glasses. As if her red frizzy hair and freckles aren't enough, now she has to wear big dorky glasses! But these aren't just any glasses; when she puts them on she sees bubbles over people's heads that show their thoughts.

Her glasses let her read people's minds! Suddenly she knows what her best friend, her crush, her mom and everyone else thinks. But knowing what others think isn't always Callie is starting 7th grade at a new school.

But knowing what others think isn't always a good thing. Callie must learn to navigate junior high and everything that goes along with it and figure out how to deal with the power of the glasses. Oh 7th grade, what a terrible time for girls. Your body is changing, your emotions are changing, your friends are changing, suddenly boys become important Callie does a great job of embodying all I remember about being in 7th grade.

Of course, I didn't have magic glasses to tell me what everyone was thinking. Callie has to deal with her best friend who is suddenly not such a good friend afterall.

She starts hanging out with new people and taking advantage of Callie. She has to deal with her parents splitting up and her dad not being around. And she has to deal with her new friend Ana who is definitely hiding something from her. I really enjoyed Callie's journey in this book. She starts out as a very self-conscious loner who is afraid of making friends and talking to new people and ends up more self-assured and confident in who she is.

She also learns that you can't always trust your first impressions of people and your true friends are those that act like friends and don't take advantage of you.

And she learns that everyone has secrets and no one says exactly what they are thinking. The magic glasses helped her realize all of this but in the end she realized she didn't need the glasses anymore. She had grown enough to live without them. Callie is a very special character and one that was a joy to read about. I highly recommend this book. Oct 17, Vicky rated it it was amazing Shelves: for-review , read-in It takes a lot to render me speechless but Seeing Cinderella left me in complete awe.

It's been a long time since I read anything from the middle-grade genre but I'm so happy I was offered an advanced review copy of this book because it was brilliant. Lundquist's work is so much more than a simple "fairytale" for young readers. No matter where you live or how old you are, you will be able to relate to this story and its characters. My favourite was Callie, without any doubts.

I loved Callie becau It takes a lot to render me speechless but Seeing Cinderella left me in complete awe. I loved Callie because she reminded me of myself back in primary school. I didn't have to wear glasses, I didn't have freckles or red frizzy hair, but there were many times when I thought, "I know exactly how she feels".

She's a quiet, reserved girl who prefers staying at home and writing stories to socializing and going to school events.

She prefers to stay in the background, to stay almost invisible - and that's exactly how I was when I was her age, and maybe how I am even today. In spite of her age, Callie is very smart.

I think one of the most powerful and most expressive parts of Callie's story was when Dr. Ingram, the optometrist, asks her whether she finds reading a book or writing a story in her journal easier than making new friends and she says "Books and journals can't make fun of you or call you names". With its great character development, likeable characters, witty remarks and entertaining dialogues, Seeing Cinderella is definitely something I would recommend to anyone who is looking for an adorable read.

It's definitely something I'd give to my children but it's perfect for anyone of any age - so make sure to pick up your own copy, lean back and prepare for something extraordinary. But don't forget to put on your glasses and to read between the lines in order to understand the true meaning of the story: believe me, you'll enjoy every minute of it.

Feb 01, Ray rated it it was amazing. I loved it! It's been awhile since I read a book where the main focus is friendship and Jenny did it so well! While this book is a really fun read it also has very important topics and deals with lots of problems normal people face. I loved the characters in this book, they're so real and relatable probably because this book is in the Mix: real life, real you, series I loved the character development we get in the characters, especially Callie's!

Watching her become more independent and come out of her shell was a joy to read, especially considering I'm a girl who also struggles with shyness and social-awkwardness. This book deals with the struggle of our inner critic and the serious things we struggle with that we tend to keep to ourselves.

This book has inspired me to be more honest with my family and friends and has helped me to realize that we'll all human, and we all have things we struggle with. This book brings to mind one of my favorite quotes "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

It really reminds us to not be judgmental to others and always be kind to everyone. So happy I bought this book! Recommended for gr. Callie is dreading starting 7th grade, and dreading getting glasses for the first time even more. She is given a special pair of extremely dorky looking glasses by an unusual optometrist, and discovers that when she wears them she can see what other people are thinking.

This is both good and bad as she struggles with an unpleasant locker-mate, the boy she has a crush on, her best friend, possible new friends, and her absent dad. In the process, she learns that everyone h Recommended for gr. In the process, she learns that everyone has problems and insecurities, and learns to be herself. My biggest complaint about this book is that all glasses are portrayed as dorky, and she settles for "the least gross ones".

Middle school is an age where many students start needing their vision corrected, and this book will not help them feel less self-conscious. Callie does accept her new glasses as "kind of cute" in the end, but only after wearing the really ugly ones for half of the school year.

Nov 13, Jenn rated it it was amazing Shelves: middle-grade , sf-and-fantasy. This book is utterly delightful. When Callie Anderson gets a new pair of glasses the day before she starts middle school, she's astonished to discover that they have magic powers: they let her read other people's thoughts.

As Callie navigates her own middle school trauma, each of the girls in her life are also dealing with big issues. The tone is funny and breezy, the pace is fast, but there is a lot of heart and some very important themes underneath it all. I was reminded most pleasantly of Li This book is utterly delightful. I am not surprised this book was selected for the Scholastic Book Club -- it's going to have a legion of fans.

Mar 23, Lacey Jordan rated it it was amazing. I love this book, and I cant wait for my niece to read it! I related to Callie in so many ways. I wish I had this book when I was younger. Jenny: I managed to do it, yeah!

It seems like a daunting task when I talk about it now, but I managed to do that yeah. I certainly did not expect to be doing this until aged Me, a veteran at Jenny: All sorts, local, national. So I might do some work on a European or an international level within the sport, which is great.

So the first 2 years is a Post Graduate Diploma and the third year is the dissertation and the full Masters. Trevor: A lot of the guys on my course, have just retired from competing and are going in to coaching.

He got a letter from the submissions board thanking him. No way. Trevor: Kind of yeah, and I was told by the lady on my left here [Jenny], she was not happy with the coaching that she was getting at the time.

Trevor: Based in Wigan, but we do come across to Manchester quite a bit and then we use the sand dunes at Formby; we use all the local amenities close by. Jenny: Well, we were both at the Commonwealth Games in and we were at the World Championships last year in Beijing. Jenny: He got a medal in London, he got a silver at the London Paralympics. Your Email required. However, in at the World Championships in Sheffield he beat the world Champion, John Higgins, in the second round attributing his success this time to just concentrating on one thing at a time and in this case on keeping his head still during the shot.

Formula One driver, Ralf Schumacher, wears glasses at present but has been advised to use contact lenses as spectacles are too dangerous to wear while driving his motor racing car. Rubens Barrichello and Jacques Villeneuve are contact lens wearers as was Jonathan Edwards when he was winning his World and Olympic titles but he has since had laser surgery. The participation in the sport of boxing has caused many boxers to suffer eye injury amongst them Frank Bruno who suffers from retinal detachments.

The spectacles have no lenses but are used to protect his eyes from acute glaucoma which occurred following an incident which damaged the bony structure around his eye. There is a possibility that this FIFA ruling soon may be relaxed to prevent the increasing occurrence of serious eye injuries occurring in football. Ex-England cricketer, David Steele, used to play in spectacles as did his fellow Yorkshireman Geoff Boycott until he switched to contact lenses. Geoff Lawson who played test match cricket for Australia, and is now manager of Pakistan, trained as an optometrist.

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria shown to left is married to a British-born wife and he was studying ophthalmology in London when he was summoned back to Syria when his elder brother died to be trained as the next president which he now is.

However, he is not particularly well known for his sporting prowess. The British Standards publication covering eye protection in sport covers racket sports only. It is referred to as BS although only Part 1 is available now and relates to the playing of squash. The lens used in eye wear for squash has to be of polycarbonate and the eye wear should be able to withstand at four separate points the impact of a yellow dot squash ball at a speed of 40 metres per second.

Mountain climbing can cause the blood vessels at the back of the eye to burst. Known as "high altitude retinal haemorrhage" it can occur as a result of oxygen deficiency hypoxia where there is an increase in retinal blood flow, stress from physical exertion and valsalva movements in mountain climbing. Glare can be caused when the sun's rays reflect off a shiny surface such as water, snow or sand bunkers.

Polarising lenses consisting of a film of vertically orientated iodine crystals can cut out the polarised or reflected glare and give better and more comfortable vision to those involved in sport such as anglers, rowers, sailors, skiers and golfers. When the sun is reflected off a wet road polarising lenses can be of help to joggers, marathon runners and cyclists. Northampton and potential England Hooker , Dylan Hartley was banned for 6 months in by the RFU disciplinary committee for eye gouging two Wasps player's in a premiership match.

It is believed to be the longest suspension dished out to a top-flight England player since former Bath prop Kevin Yates received a six-month ban after being found guilty of ear-biting in Judge Jeff Blackett, chairman of the three-man panel, said: Contact with an opponent's eyes is a serious offence because of the vulnerability of the area and risk of permanent injury.

Italy back-row Mauro Bergamasco was handed a week ban in February after pleading guilty to gouging the right eye of the Wales full-back Lee Byrne when they clashed on the final whistle of Wales' home win. There is a varifocal lens designed specifically for sport use called "Varilux Sport".

Quality of vision. Hand-eye co-ordination. Eye dominance. Peripheral visual awareness. Foot-eye co-ordination. Peripheral awareness.