{"product_id":"confessions-of-an-ugly-stepsister-paperback","title":"Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory Maguire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] engrossing story...endearing and memorable.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] arresting hybrid of mystery, fairy tale, and historical novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tale so movingly told that you will say at the end of the first reading, 'It's been a long time since I've read a book this good.'\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNashville Tennessean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Maguire proves himself to be \"one of contemporary fiction's most assured myth-makers\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e) with \u003cem\u003eConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister, \u003c\/em\u003ehis ingenious and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella fairy tale. Perhaps best known for his dark and breathtaking Oz series The Wicked Years--including the novel \u003cem\u003eWicked, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical--Maguire is a master at upending the ordinary to help us see the familiar in a brilliant new light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs this new land a place where magics really happen?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eWicked, \u003c\/em\u003e comes his much-anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the lives of children, pumpkins can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human beings.... When we grow up, we learn that it's far more common for human beings to turn into rats....\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty . . . and what curses accompanied Cinderella's exquisite looks?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtreme beauty is an affliction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the rich backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, \u003cem\u003eConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to become her sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClara was the prettiest child, but was her life the prettiest tale?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Clara retreats to the cinders of the family hearth, burning all memories of her past, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household--and the treacherous truth of her former life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod and Satan snarling at each other like dogs.... Imps and fairy godmotbers trying to undo each other's work. How we try to pin the world between opposite extremes!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar more than a mere fairy-tale, \u003cem\u003eConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel of beauty and betrayal, illusion and understanding, reminding us that deception can be unearthed--and love unveiled--in the most unexpected of places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9.26 x 6.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915311116604,"sku":"9780060987527","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/bmJ4VzFVVnJxcjNCZ0FqUkNsUldxZz09.webp?v=1774361414","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/confessions-of-an-ugly-stepsister-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}