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Summary Of Adeline Yen Mah's Chinese Cinderella
In the novel “Chinese Cinderella” by Adeline Yen Mah, she grew up as the odd one out because her family thought she was cursed because her Birth mother died two weeks after she was born. Adeline only had a few people that looked after her which were her much loved duckling PLT and Aunt Baba. Throughout the novel she encounters hard times such as her duckling PLT brutally and viciously Murdered by a dog, her step mother Niang gives her negativity and some good times such as topping her class in Tianjin, as she encounters these events she gets stronger and wiser throughout the book.
Adeline Yen Mah has a life full of misfortune as her beloved duckling PLT was murdered by a dog during an obedience test. Adeline thought that her duckling PLT was

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