This novel was written by Adeline Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella is a true story about an unwanted daughter. The author Adeline Yen Mah is telling us about her life between the ages of four through her early teens. At the beginning of the story she comes home with a medal the very first week of school. She received the medal for being the best student of the week. Aunt Baba was so proud of her little niece, so she put the certificate and the medal, the same place she kept her valuables. Aunt Baba had been taking care of Adeline ever since she was two weeks old, that is when her mother died. Later Adeline learned that Aunt Baba had no pictures of her mom because her father ordered for them to be destroyed. Shortly after her mom's death her father
