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Adelita
A Mexican Cinderella Story
By De Paola, Tomie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39923-866-6
- Publisher
- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2002.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2002
K-Gr 3 In this folktale variant, lovely Adelita gains a family when her father remarries. Following the traditional story line, Dona Micaela and her daughters, Valentina and Dulce, are utterly impossible, but all is well as long as Adelita's father is alive. However, when he dies, she is relegated to helping in the kitchen. Eventually, Dona Micaela evicts old Esperanza, and her stepdaughter is left to do all the work. On the night of the fiesta at the Gordillos' hacienda, it is Esperanz...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
