The Rough-Face Girl Contributor(s): Martin, Rafe (Author), Shannon, David (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0399218599 ISBN-13: 9780399218590 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1992 Annotation: From the Algonquin Indians comes an unusual and touching version of the Cinderella story. In their village lives an invisible being whom all the young women want to marry, because it is said that he is powerful and handsome. But only the rough-face girl, burned and scarred from tending the fires, has the vision to see him in every part of the natural world. Full-color illustrations. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 91002921 |
Lexile Measure: 540 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.74" W x 11.3" (0.86 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 6140 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From Algonquin Indian folklore comes one of the most haunting, powerful versions of the Cinderella tale ever told. In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because he was rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome. But to marry the invisible being the women had to prove to his sister that they had seen him. And none had been able to get past the sister's stern, all-knowing gaze. Then came the Rough-Face girl, scarred from working by the fire. Could she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters had failed? |