Chinese Cinderella

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Adeline Yen Mah

Jung-ling's family considers her bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her. They discriminate against her and make her feel unwanted yet she yearns and continuously strives for her parents' love. Her stepmother is vindictive and cruel andher father dismissive. Jung-ling grows up to be an academic child, with a natural ability for writing. Only her aunt and grandfather offer her any love and kindness. The story is of survival in the light of the mental and physical cruelty of her stepmother and the disloyalty of her siblings. Jung-ling blossoms in spite of everything and the story ends as her father agrees to let her study in England.

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Author

Adeline Yen Mah

Pages

233

Publisher

Penguin Group Australia

Published Date

1999-08-02

ISBN

0141304871 9780141304878

Ratings

Google: 3

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"Beautiful story, sad, and powerful. "

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"I was supposed to read this book in the 6th grade but I’m so glad I waited until I was in college to read it. The book is so simply written but covered such difficult subjects…the book was near impossible to put down for me. I needed to know what happened on the next page, and the page after that. It’s indeed a sad book, every chapter left me with goosebumps!!"

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"Read it twice. Both times I couldn’t put it down till I finished it. "

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