Stepsister
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By Jennifer Donnelly
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‘In an ancient city by the sea, three sisters – a maiden, a mother, and a crone – are drawing maps by candlelight. Sombre, with piercing grey eyes, they are the three Fates, and every map is a human life . . .’
Stepsister takes up where Cinderella’s tale ends. We meet Isabelle, the younger of Cinderella’s two stepsisters. Ella is considered beautiful; stepsister Isabelle is not. Isabelle is fearless, brave, and strong-willed. She fences better than any boy, and takes her stallion over jumps that grown men fear to attempt. It doesn’t matter, though; these qualities are not valued in a girl. Others have determined what is beautiful, and Isabelle does not fit their definition. Isabelle must face down the demons that drove her cruel treatment of Ella, challenge her own fate and maybe even redefine the very notion of beauty . . .
Cinderella is about a girl who was bullied; Stepsister is about the bully. We all root for the victims, we want to see them triumph. But what about the bullies? Is there hope for them? Can a mean girl change? Can she find her own happily ever after?
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Have you ever considered what happens to everyone else? This story is loosely based around Cinderella but focuses on the ugly sisters. I loved this book. It makes you consider things from other people's perspectives, how kindness is key as you don't know why people act and react in the ways that they do. Are they just a horrible person or has something happened at some point that they can't get past. How much does fate and chance have to play in people's destinies or do we make our own luck?
Have you ever considered what happens everyone else. This story is loosely based around Cinderella but focuses on the ugly sisters. I loved this book. It makes you consider things from other peoples perspectives, how kindness is key as you don't know why people act and react in the ways that they do. Are they just a horrible person or has something happened at some point that they can't get past. How much does fate and chance have to play in peoples destinies or do we make our own luck?
This book was really good and it was a different storyline to Cinderella.My favourite character was probably Ella it was really interesting so I recommend this book.
