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Confessions of an ugly stepsister
By Maguire, Gregory & Sanderson, Bill
- ISBN
- 978-0-06039-282-6
- Publisher
- New York : ReganBooks, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2000
YA What were Cinderella's wicked stepmother and the ugly stepsisters really like? Maguire has come up with a fascinating hypothesis in this logical, not necessarily magical, retelling of the classic tale. Recently arrived from England, the Dutch-born widow Margarethe and her two children, ungainly and seemingly slow-witted Ruth and plain but intelligent Iris, move into the social mix that is Haarlem in the 17th century. Soon after her arrival, she ma...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
