Author: Shirley Climo
Illustrator: Ruth Heller
My Description: It's about a girl named Rhodopis who was born in Greece and captured and taken to Egypt and sold as a slave. It's basically 'Cinderella' from there, and it is based on a true story. It didn't really impress me, but the story wasn't written badly and I enjoyed reading it.
Back-Of-The-Book Description: In the land of Egypt, where the green Nile River widens to meet the blue sea, lives a maiden called Rhodopis. Because she is Greek, and a slave, Rhodopis is scorned by the Egyptian girls. She had only her rose-red gold slippers, which flash like fireflies as she dances. When a falcon swoops down and snatches a slipper away, Rhodopis is heartbroken. How is Rhodopis to know that the falcon has delivered her slipper to the great Pharaoh himself? She cannot guess that the Pharaoh will search all Egypt to find the owner of the tiny shoe and make her his queen.
Starting Date: February 20th
Ending Date: Feburary 20th
Reading Time: 1 day
Pages: 28
Writing Rating: 7
Story Rating: 6
Illustration Rating: 7
Overal Rating: 6 1/2
Book #7 of '08
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