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The gospel Cinderella
By Thomas, Joyce Carol & Diaz, David
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06025-388-2
- Publisher
- New York : Amistad, c2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2004
PreS-Gr 3 Numerous "Cinderella" variants abound, including John L. Steptoe's Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (HarperCollins, 1987), and Robert San Souci's Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella (S & S, 1998), but none so distinctly African American as in this version, which draws on the gospel music tradition. Set in a southern swamp, it has the usual elements of a poor, persecuted young ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
