NONFICTION BOOK REPORT

BOOK INFORMATION

• Title: Chinese Cinderella
• Author: Adeline Yen Mah
• Age Range: 12 and up
• Grade Level: 7 and up
• Number of Pages: 205
• Publisher: Dell Publishing
• Copyright date: 1999

IMPORTANT QUOTES:

• "But then Mama died giving birth to you. If you had not been born, Mama would still be alive. She died because of you. You are bad luck" (Mah 3).
• "What gets me,' Big Sister said, 'is the blatant inequality between her children and us. I wouldn't mind of all seven of us were treated the same way" (Mah 43).
• "So I was quite pleased to tell him you are my daughter. Well done!" (Mah 192).

Ranking:
I would give this book five out of five stars. This is because the book was very interesting, and the author made you keep on wanting to read it. I liked learning about Chinese culture in the book. It was also shocking to learn about what happened to the main character.

Editorial Review:

I think this book was amazing. I wanted to keep on reading. Before reading this book, I had never heard of someone in a situation like Adeline's. The only other story I've heard like this, is the actual Cinderella fairytale. At times, Adeline's family treated her so bad, it was hard to believe it wasn't a fairytale.

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