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My Cinderella Story

Once upon a time there lived a widower. He was very sad because his wife had died the past winter.  He didn’t pay much attention to his two daughters because he was so upset.  He was a gardener that worked for the king.
 Maritcha the older daughter started to be mean to the younger daughter Ella. [...]

Captive

Captive, a book by Joyce Hansen, is pure fiction but based on The Life of Olaudah Equiano. Captive is a good piece of Historical Fiction because it is good historically and fictionally. It is good historically because the author uses believable language, references to real places (ex. Boston, Massachusetts), real people (ex. Paul Cuffe), real [...]