Frances Minters

In the spinoff of Cinderella, Cinder-Elly by Frances Minters, a girl named Elly is taunted and left out by her two older sisters. The innocent Elly was invited to go to a basketball game along with her sisters, but was told not to go because she had nothing to wear and no money for clothes. Luckily, Elly's godmother saved the day by making sure Elly had beautiful clothes and a ride to the game. The only catch was that Elly needed to be home by 10 at night, or the clothes and ride would disappear. The star basket ball player took interest in Elly and wanted to meet with her after the game. Sadly, 10 pm rolled around and Elly was back in her old clothes and had to run home from the game. The basketball player found one of Elly's glass sneakers and didn't stop until he found the girl who's foot fit in it. He finally found her everything worked out for the best!… (más)