false <![CDATA[Bound]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170993861m/81131.jpg 81131 4 Young Xing Xing is bound. Bound to her late father's second wife and daughter. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where a woman is valued less than livestock. Bound to be alone, with no parents to arrange for a suitable husband. Xing Xing spends her days taking care of her half sister, Wei Ping, who cannot walk because of her foot bindings, the painful tradition for girls who are fit to be married. Even so, Xing Xing is content to practice her gift for poetry and calligraphy, and to dream of a life unbound by the laws of family and society.<P><P>But all of this is about to change as Stepmother, who has spent nearly all of the family's money, grows desperate to find a husband for Wei Ping. Xing Xing soon realizes that this greed and desperation may threaten not only her memories of the past, but also her dreams for the future.<P><P> 433070 1 8 2006 Bound total:645|5:139|4:233|3:202|2:57|1:14| 645 2361 1001 128 1 2 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 17:11:36 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 17:11:36 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 14:30:19 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 09:36:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 15:17:23 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 15:17:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 20:33:27 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 22:36:47 -0700 2009
The story in Bound focuses on the troubled youth of Xing Xing after the passing of her father. She lives with her Step-mother and her half sister Wei Ping in a small cave on the outskirts of their small village in China. Along with her sister, Xing Xing's future is in doubt and...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 17:01:50 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 18:17:55 -0700 2009 Donna Jo Napoli
Atheneum, 2004, 186 pages, $15.25
Ancient China Cinderella story
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"Bound" tells the story of a young Chinese girl, Xing Xing. Xing Xing is left in the care of her stepmother after the death of her father. Stepmother ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 19 03:10:08 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 03:12:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 6 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 18:37:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 13:34:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun May 10 19:56:55 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 22:45:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 21:09:51 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 07:09:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:49:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 12:56:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 25 12:20:31 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:26:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:12:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:17:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 07:24:06 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 20:06:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 07:44:30 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 09:57:02 -0800 2008 Bound was an interesting book. It was another version of the Cinderella story. The characters were Asian and the setting was in early Asia. The main character was a young girl named Xing Xing, who’s mother and father died so she was left with her stepmother and two stepsisters, Wei Ping andYao Wan...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 21:14:51 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 13:52:52 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 14:28:23 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 16:26:48 -0700 2008 Chinese Cinderella because this book has a unique way of telling the story of a young lady who is controlled by her stepmother when both of her parents died. Her stepmother treated Xing Xing the main character of the story like a slave.

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Xing Xing is a young woman who is treated like the classic lower class stepchild in Donna Jo Napoli's BOUND.

Her mother died when she was very young and her father then remarried. The woman that takes care of her (if you want to c...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 11:07:49 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 12 14:52:24 -0700 2008
You’ve heard the story of Cinderella, right?
Poor girl is used by her wicked stepmother and stepsisters as a slave? But is eventually saved by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince?
What if Cinderella wanted an education more than a marriage?
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The thing I will remember from this book is how sad I felt for the evil step-sister. And the evil Mom. And the end when she marries the handsome prince - the first Ming emperor - not a nice guy... as the author notes.
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