Download or read book Dawn s Wicked Stepsister written by Ann M. Martin and published by Hippo Bks. This book was released on 1990 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of a series of stories that revolve around the babysitters club. Dawn and Mary Anne are now stepsisters, but perhaps sharing parents and a bedroom isn't such a good idea. Dawn thought she'd always wanted a sister, but she didn't count on Mary Anne - the wicked stepsister.

Download or read book Wicked Stepsister written by Gina Kammer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syah Walker is in an all-out war with her stepsister, Keelah. Keelah is jealous of all the attention Syah receives for her MindLink skills as a peer counselor at Emdaria North Middle School. After Keelah tricks Syah into missing a counseling session, Syah retaliates, and the pranks turn cruel. The two girls are soon forced into a MindLink session and ordered to work out their differences. Inside Keelah's mind, Syah must journey through a fairytale-like mindscape to find her stepsister inside a castle fortress. She is helped along the way by several fantastic creatures. But Keelah herself has been transformed into a terrible dragon by her own jealousy and hate. To help her raging stepsister return to normal, Syah has to rely on her counseling skills. She tells Keelah how much she admires her imagination, artistic talents, and creativity. Despite their differences, Syah and Keelah are able to reconcile, better understand one another, and strengthen their bond as sisters. This exciting adventure will capture readers' imaginations and keep them turning the page to follow Syah's latest jouney inside the mind.

Download or read book Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister written by Gregory Maguire and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is this new land a place where magics really happen? From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much-anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella tale. In 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.... We 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? Extreme beauty is an affliction Set against the rich backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 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. Clara was the prettiest child, but was her life the prettiest tale? While 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. God 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! Far more than a mere fairy-tale, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 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.

Download or read book Stepsister written by Jennifer Donnelly and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * "Printz Honor winner Donnelly offers up a stunningly focused story that rips into the heart of familiar fairy tale. Isabelle [is] a shattered but not unreedemable girl with a warrior's heart." -- Booklist, starred review An instant New York Times bestseller Optioned for film by Lynette Howell Taylor, the producer of A Star is Born and Bruna Papandrea, producer of Big Little Lies A Seventeen Best of the Year Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal An American Librarian Association-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults book An American Library Association Feminist Book Project book A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year Isabelle should be blissfully happy -- she's about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn't the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince's heart. She's the ugly stepsister who cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella's shoe . . . which is now filling with blood. Isabelle tried to fit in. She cut away pieces of herself in order to become pretty. Sweet. More like Cinderella. But that only made her mean, jealous, and hollow. Now she has a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl. Evoking the darker, original version of the Cinderella story, Stepsister shows us that ugly is in the eye of the beholder, and uses Jennifer Donnelly's trademark wit and wisdom to send an overlooked character on a journey toward empowerment, redemption . . . and a new definition of beauty.

Download or read book Mary Anne and the Great Romance the Baby Sitters Club 30 written by Ann M Martin and published by . This book was released on 2025-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix TV show. It's official -- Mary Anne's father and Dawn's mother are getting married! The Baby-sitters think it's so romantic, especially since Mr. Spier and Mrs. Schafer first fell in love when they were in high school. But nothing can top Mary Anne and Dawn's excitement. They want a huge wedding with beautiful dresses, lots of presents, and a five-layer cake. After all, this isn't just any wedding. Mary Anne and Dawn are going to be baby-sitters, best friends, and sisters, too!

Download or read book Mirror Mirror written by Gregory Maguire and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. One day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm—and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia—decadent children of a wicked pope—no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a year's quest to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, he leaves Bianca under the care, so to speak, of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest there can be found salvation as well. . . . A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White—and has a truth and beauty all its own.

Download or read book Lost written by Gregory Maguire and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliant, perceptive, and deeply moving fable.” —Boston Sunday Globe Publishers Weekly calls Gregory Maguire’s Lost “a deftly written, compulsively readable modern-day ghost story.” Brilliantly weaving together the literary threads of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and the Jack the Ripper stories, the bestselling author of The Wicked Years canon creates a captivating fairy tale for the modern world. With Lost, Maguire—who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Oz, and inspired the creation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway blockbuster Wicked—delivers a haunting tale of shadows and phantoms and things going bump in the night, confirming his reputation as “one of contemporary fiction’s most assured myth-makers” (Kirkus Reviews).

Download or read book Cinderella s Sister and the Big Bad Wolf written by Lorraine Carey and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think you know the story of Cinderella? Think again... This laugh-out-loud picture book turns the traditional tale TOTALLY upside down!

Download or read book The Stepsister Scheme written by Jim C. Hines and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danielle Whiteshore, aka Cinderella, reveals what really happens after the "happily ever after" as she, along with Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, race against time to rescue her husband, Prince Armand, from the clutches of some of fantasyland's most nefarious villains. Original.

Download or read book The Ugly Stepsister written by Aya Ling and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kat accidentally rips apart an old picture book, she's magically transported into the world of Cinderella--as Katriona, one of the ugly stepsisters! Life turns upside down now that she's a highborn lady and must learn how to survive the social season, including how to get through the door in a huge metal hoop skirt. To get back, she'll have to complete the story, right to the end of happily ever after. But the odds are huge: the other stepsister is drop-dead gorgeous, the fairy godmother is nowhere to be found, and the prince, despite being insanely hot, openly dislikes balls. Can she ever return to the modern world?

Download or read book Glass Slippers written by Leah Cypess and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the Sisters Ever After series of fairy tale retellings from the point of view of the siblings in the background, this is the thrilling story of Cinderella's never-before-mentioned third "evil" step-sister, Tirza. Meet Cinderella’s third “wicked” stepsister, Tirza. For years, Tirza has lived with the shame of what her family did to Cinderella. Against everyone’s advice, Cinderella—now Queen Ella—took a chance on young Tirza. She gave Tirza a home in the castle instead of banishing her. The queen told everyone Tirza was good and kind, not cruel like her older sisters. But now Queen Ella’s famous glass slippers are missing, and there’s only one suspect. . . . Tirza may have tried them on . . . but she didn’t steal them. Now she must find the true thief before she loses her royal home. But as Tirza gets closer to the truth, she finds herself getting closer to something else: her sisters, who might not be quite as evil as Cinderella claims.

Download or read book The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back written by Sariah S. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows how all those fairy tales go. The princess gets beautiful, nabs her prince, falls instantly in love, lives happily ever after and leaves her evil stepsisters in the dust. But what happens when you're the ugly stepsister and your obnoxiously perfect-read pretty, smart, and, worst of all, sickeningly nice-stepsister is dating the charming, tall, devastatingly handsome guy you've had a thing for since you were nine years old? Quirky, artistic and snarky Mattie Lowe does not lead a charmed life. Her mother is constantly belittling her on Skype. Mercedes, the school mean girl, has made it her personal mission to torment Mattie. But worst of all? Her stepsister Ella is the most beautiful, popular girl in school and is dating Mattie's secret longtime crush, Jake Kingston. Tired of being left out and done with waiting for her own stupid fairy godmother to show up, Mattie decides to change her life. She'll start by running for senior class president against wildly popular Jake. Ella can keep her Prince Annoying. Mattie's going to rule the school. And no one, not even a cute and suddenly flirty Jake, is going to stop her.

Download or read book The Stepsister s Tale written by Tracy Barrett and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From critically acclaimed author Tracy Barrett comes a captivating new take on the Cinderella story Jane Montjoy is tired of pretending to live up to the standards of her mother's noble family—especially now that the family's wealth is gone and their stately mansion has fallen to ruin. And matters only get worse after Jane’s mother returns from a trip to town with a new stepfather and a beautiful but spoiled new stepsister in tow. It seems to Jane that her family is destined for eternal unhappiness. But a mysterious boy from the woods—and an invitation to a royal ball—are certain to change her fate.... From the handsome prince to the evil stepsister, nothing is quite as it seems in this fresh take on the classic tale.

Download or read book Kristy and the Secret of Susan written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kristy looks for a way to help a little girl with autism in this special entry in the classic hit series. Kristy’s newest baby-sitting charge is Susan Felder, who goes away to a special school. Susan isn’t like most kids. While she can play the piano and sing beautifully . . . she can’t talk to anyone. Susan is autistic. She lives locked inside her own secret world. Kristy thinks it’s unfair that Susan has to be sent off to school and is treated differently from everyone else. But Kristy’s going to try to change that—by showing everyone that Susan’s a “regular” kid, too. And then maybe Kristy’s new friend can stay in Stoneybrook for good. The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

Download or read book Homographs Heteronyms written by Remedia Publications and published by Remedia Publications. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grade Level: 4-6 Making sense of multiple-meaning words. The 25 lessons in this book are designed to give students plenty of practice recognizing and using homographs and heteronyms in written and oral communication. Activities ranging from matching meanings to completing sentences work to stimulate awareness of the multiple meanings a single word can have and how pronunciation changes the meaning of like words. Example: - They tied a BOW on the present. - Robin Hood used a BOW and arrows. ​- The star came on stage to take a BOW. Exercises increase in difficulty as students progress. A list of homographs not used in the lessons is included so teachers can design their own activities.

Download or read book The Stepsister written by Jenny O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She should never have let her go. That was her first mistake. She trusted him. That was her second... When a stranger leaves stepsisters, Victoria and Ness, a half-share in a house in Holland, they think it must be a mistake.But there's no mistake when Ness goes missing. Desperate for the truth, Victoria travels from Guernsey to Holland to find out what's happened to her. Has she, as her texts show, embarked on a whirlwind romance? Has someone abducted her or even worse?What she doesn't know is there's someone watching, and that person wants her dead. Can Victoria find out the truth before it's too late?

Download or read book Claudia and the Terrible Truth The Baby Sitters Club 117 written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one of the strongest Baby-sitters Club books ever, the club must deal with a client who is abusive toward his children. Ann M. Martin addresses a difficult and important topic in her characteristic sensitive and informed style.