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Confessions of an ugly stepsister is a novel by gregory maguire, retelling the tale of cinderella through the eyes of one of her ugly stepsisters. Confessions is, in part, about the difficulty and the value of seeing seeing paintings, seeing beauty, seeing the truth. In the lives of children, pumpkins can turn into coaches, mice and rats into human. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading confessions of an ugly stepsister. William morrow 0 17 0 summary is this new land a place where magics really happen. Is this new land a place where magics really happen. Confessions of an ugly stepsister by gregory maguire overdrive.
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