Chinese Cinderella

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, and her father is 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 about 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.
This is a reissue in the ‘A Puffin Book’ series of Puffin children’s modern classics.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780141359410
Categories: Children’s Book, Literature and Fiction
Publisher: Puffin

Author: Adeline Yen Mah
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 304
Age: 9-11
Size:12.8 x 1.9 x 19.7 cm
Weight: 7.6 oz