In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
year: 2004, 2006, 2005
call number/section: 1000
subjects: stepmothers, juvenile fiction, footbinding, sex role, fiction, china, history, ming dynasty, 1368-1644, juvenile fiction, fiction, historical fiction, large type books, gender role
Editions
Napoli, Donna Jo
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2004)
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
Schools: 47
Napoli, Donna Jo
Simon Pulse (2006)
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
Schools: 6
Napoli, Donna Jo
Thorndike Press (2005)
Young Xing Xing is bound to a life of hard work and servitude to her step-mother and step-sister until she happens to meet a prince at a festival.
Schools: 0
Napoli, Donna Jo
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
Schools: 2