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Cinderella

The Rough-Face Girl

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By Rafe Martin and David Shannon (illustrator)

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In an Algonquin village by the shores of Lake Ontario, many young women have tried to win the affections of the powerful Invisible Being who lives with his sister in a great wigwam near the forest. Then comes Rough-Face Girl, scarred from working by the fire. Can she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters have failed? This is an Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story.
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Ash

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By Malinda Lo

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In this variation on the Cinderella story, Ash grows up believing in the fairy realm that the king and his philosophers have sought to suppress, until one day she must choose between a handsome fairy cursed to love her and the King's Huntress whom she loves.

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Cinder Edna

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By Ellen Jackson

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Cinderella and Cinder Edna, who live with cruel stepmothers and stepsisters, have different approaches to life; and, although each ends up with the prince of her dreams, one is a great deal happier than the other.
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Bubba the Cowboy Prince

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By Helen Ketteman

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Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set is Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.
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Bella at Midnight

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Diane Stanley

Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that she is actually the daughter of a knight and finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will change her life and the kingdom forever.

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Discussion Questions:
http://www.ilfonline.org/clientuploads/YHBA/2y.pdf
http://www.lesliepreddy.com/yhba/09-10/Middle/Bella-Rathburn.pdf