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| The Rough-Face Girl | 
| Author: Rafe Martin
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 29277
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.9 x 0.1
ISBN: 0698116267
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2089973
EAN: 9780698116269
ASIN: 0698116267
Publication Date: April 13, 1998
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Product Description
In an Algonquin village by the shores of Lake Ontario, many young women have tried to win the affections of the powerful Invisible Being who lives with his sister in a great wigwam near the forest. Then came Rough-Face Girl, scarred from working by the fire. Can she succeed where her beautiful, cruel sisters have failed?.
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 Cinderella- Algonquin Style November 10, 2008
I read The Rough-Faced Girl in elementary school and immediately insisted my mother buy me a copy. The story is basically a retelling of the Cinderella story though the protagonist is not the insecure character of the traditional fairy tale and the bond between the "prince" and the protagonist is based on inner beauty rather than outward appearance.
I remember originally being struck by the humble confidence a scarred and seemingly ugly girl had even in the face of hard criticisms. A good book for Elementary School-aged children with beautiful pictures and a favourite memory of mine. :-)
 Fairy Tale Princess Stories Cripple Kids, Psychologically July 4, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Had a chance to peruse this, but my comments are general and apply to many other stories in this genre.
As much as I loved fairy tales as a kid, I will never be the one to expose my daughter to them.
The very idea of waiting for someone else to make everything better, that one should be long-suffering and meek in the meantime, etc., is an idea that creates unrealistic hopes that cripple people psychologically.
This particular trap is far, far more damaging to females than to males, in our almost uniformly misogynistic world, for the males are at least put in a position of action, but it harms the males too.
Can you see him? May 14, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
"Wretched" might be the biggest difference between the Algonquin Indian Cinderella and European Cinderellas. Over 1500 versions have been collected throughout the world. They have in common the themes that justice will prevail and evil will be punished. These are the common denominators, no matter where the story may be set.
"The Rough-Face Girl" takes place along the shores of Lake Ontario. She wasn't born with a rough face--her older sisters make her sit beside the fire and feed the flames. When the burning branches pop, sparks hit the girl, scarring her arms, her legs, her clothes, her face and her hair. She is a mess and is too embarrassed to go outside her wigwam. It is a wretched situation.
One day the the two sisters ask their father for all manner of dressy clothes because they plan to propose to the Invisible Being who lives in a giant wigwam across the village. Their father gives all he has and the two strut through the village, certain they will marry the Invisible Being. His sister awaits them at the door. The only requirement to marry him is to see him first.
His sister quizzes them and learns immediately that they have not seen her brother. No, we don't know what his bow is made of. And, no, we don't what his sled runner is made of? After foolishly strutting TO the wigwam, they have to drag themselves home, carrying shame and disappointment.
The Rough-Face Girl wakes up one day and says she is going to marry the invisible Being. She has seen him. Her father has little left to give her, so she makes some things out of bark and reeds. People laugh at her as she walks to the giant wigwam. She describes the IB's bow and his sled runner. When the IB claims her, she has bathed in the lake, rejoicing when her scars wash off. "They live together in great gladness and were never parted."
Evil is punished and justice triumphs. It's a happy-ever-after story, one of the "most magical, mysterious, and beautiful of all Cinderellas,"(Author's note).
As a footnote, I must comment on David Shannon's glowing, romantic artwork. He is the same illustrator of the David series. Click on one of these titles to see a difference in style just on the covers alone.
No, David!
David Gets in Trouble
Alice The Fairy
 The Rough Face Girl December 8, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would like to thank you for sending this product in a timely manner. It was recieved in excellent condition.
The best Cinderella story August 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book back when I was in middle school & I remember thinking to myself - "He loved her for how beautiful she was as a person". How many books do that for kids?? Even as an adult now, I love the memory of this book. I'm buying simply to enjoy it all over again & pass it on to my future children to read ( even boys can get a good lesson from it!).
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