Marissa Meyer's bestselling Lunar Chronicles are imaginative, futuristic retellings of classic fairy tales, and this boxed set collects hardcover editions of Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter and Fairest. Meyer's debut YA novel, Cinder, introduces a self-reliant, 16-year-old cyborg Cinderella who cobbles together her own coach from a junkyard car and is the breadwinner for her adoptive family. As Meyer explained in a 2011 Shelf Awareness interview, "Book two is Scarlet, and it's based on Little Red Riding Hood. Book three is Cress, inspired by Rapunzel. And the fourth, Winter, is based on Snow White. We'll continue to follow Cinder as she puts together the pieces of her past and how to defeat Levana [ruler of Luna]. They'll have separate, parallel story lines, and Cinder's path will cross with theirs. They'll form one group with a mission to defeat Queen Levana and stop the war." In the stand-alone Fairest, Meyer reveals the background of the villainous Queen Levana. Meyer fans present and future, rejoice! --Karin Snelson, children's & YA editor, Shelf Awareness