The Glass Voice is a modern-day Cinderella story, with the main characters voice being compared to glass rather than having glass slippers.  In this version, Chantella (a name made by combining chanteuse withCinderella) mourns the death of her mother, a famous singer, as her father marries an evil woman with two equally evil children.  As the new family members move into Chantella’s house, Chantella is made into the maid and is put in the maid’s quarters.  Of course, the evil twins are evil.  Chantella’s father doesn’t seem to understand what is going on; it almost seems as if he is under a spell, but that isn’t revealed in the story.  Rather than a ball to attend, there is a singing competition similar to American Idol, and Chantella manages to audition.  As the producer of the competition arrives at the house, the stepmother and stepsiblings try to convince him they are the winners of the competition.  Chantella’s father finally shows up and gets Chantella noticed and stands up to his wife announcing their marriage is over.  Chantella and her father move to Hollywood and become famous and the ex-wife and her children stay in the house.  Chantella’s childhood nanny does show up and seems to fit the fairy godmother role, but she doesn’t really do any magic (except maybe towards the end when she produces the completed homework for one of the twins).  She acts more as a comfort and encourages Chantella.  The plot stays pretty true to the story with modernization.  I would have given the book a high rating except the illustrations were very Anime’ style and did not seem to fit with the story.