Rumaysa: A Fairytale

I liked this book because Rumaysa was a good character.

It was like Cinderella and rupanzel also sleeping Beaty except different culture

I finished reading Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza, and it was SO good! It’s kind of like Rapunzel but way cooler because Rumaysa is trapped in a tower too, but she has a magical hijab that glows and helps her escape. How awesome is that? The book mixes up fairytales we all know, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, but with new twists that make them way more fun.

Rumaysa is a great story about a girl who goes on an amazing adventure and helps people on the way.

I enjoyed this book because of the entertaining depictions of female and male characters. The stories are interwoven with creative interpretations of familiar tales, culturally inspired and refreshing to read. A great book!

I think this is a brilliant book! It takes the original rapunzel tale and adds a muslamic twist. It follows Rumaysa, who has magical powers, and escapes from the witch's tower, determined to find her parents. Along the way, she helps other fairytale characters ( also with a muslamic twist )!

This was a good book and although a twist to traditional fairy tales by using girls from other cultures and making them powerful enough to save themselves, the essence of the original fairy tales was there too.

Nice twist on some classics for the modern girl.

A retelling of Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella with South Asian characters. I found it more interesting from the second story, when the fairytale characters start to appear in each other’s stories. A light read which would work well in class as a contrast to the traditional fairytales, or alongside Joseph Coelho’s fairytales gone wrong series.

I looked it so much because I am Muslim and this is the first Muslim book that I read and it made me feel glad and I actually liked it better than the original repunzal

it is so long words of pagers and not pics that not match to the words

it was really good

good book above fairy tales being missed together and good adventures good magic very good storyline with sudden twists

I loved this book. The main characters are strong Muslim females which makes this book perfect for diversifying your reading area. The book is split into three parts; each part is a twist on a traditional fairy tale: Rapunzel, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. As well as the usual plots that come with fairy tales (hereos, villians, magic etc), the stories also make references to South Asian culture (Eid, feasts, samosas!). I would definately recommend this book to other.

Modern and diverse retelling of 3 fairytales with a thread of a main character appearing in them all.

Some good feminist touches, body positivity and a same sex bird crush/romance!

Lost a star because the dialogue did not seem to go with the tone and style of the rest of the text.

It was a very good book with a mix of different fairytales and I like how it is like the Muslim version and it was very fun to read

This book is AMAZING! I love how they mixed 3 fairy tales into 1 and how their an islamic version of it. It was realy fun to read! I reccomend it.

my sisters friends aunt is Radiya Hafiza

What I enjoyed the most about this book is how it incorporates Muslim elements into Western fairytales. I also enjoyed the running theme of sisterhood in this book. However, I feel like the illustrations could have been done better: perhaps a little bit more elaborate and colorful. There was a also a self-awareness that felt a bit arrogant at times.

However, I would still recommend this book.

I really enjoyed reading these retellings to my class. A couple of the girls in my class said they preferred this to Rapunzel (which we had also read) as Rumaysa wore a hiijab and so do members of their family. Such a great addition to our English topic, and helped us to explore how fairy tales can be innovated and changed.

A retelling of 3 fairy tales with a Muslim character. The stories are linked but the plot is not changed enough to warrant reading it.

A different take on some well known fairytales - love the strong female lead and the turning of traditional tales on their heads! Which fairytales can you recognise in the book?

I love this book because it puts a cultural spin on a well-known fairytale. My favourite character is Rumaysa because she is adventurous and she is a hijabi! I just wish it ended when Rumaysa found her parents but it had a very good cliffhanger.

I loved this. The way three classic fairytales are retold and interwoven using strong female characters who do not need rescuing, thank you very much. The characters are recognisable for the original tales but also far more modern and diverse for younger readers to have characters to relate to.

A beautiful book with three familiar, classic fairy tales reimagined into a new setting. The three stories interlink and are connected by Rumaysa, who is Muslim and has used her hijab to rescue herself from the high tower. This story has brilliant positive, female role models with the focus being on each princess learning to rescue herself.

I thought it was an amazing book. I loved how they were based of fairytales but we’re different and used different cultures. It also uses different body types and shapes. I definitely recommend for anyone looking for a book about diversity.

To start with, I thought the first part of this book was too much like Rapunzel but when the author wove Rumaysa into the next part, Cinderayla, it got a whole lot more interesting. I ended up really liking it!

3 short stories entwined with the main characters being Muslim, battling evil witches, step mother etc.
A real need for books like this in all schools. Let all children see themselves reflected in the books they read.

3 stories that you know written with the main character, a hijab wearing girl battling the evil witches, step mothers etc.
There is definitely a need for these books in all school classrooms.

It is really good because it has three stories in it.
The thing I don't like about it is at the end it doesn't tell you if Rumaysa finds her parents.