The Girl with a Brave Heart

Subjects

Fairy Tales - myths, legends and folklore from way back

Average rating

5 out 5

Shiraz, a kindhearted young girl growing up in Tehran, has a miserable life at home with her stepmother and stepsister, who treat her like a servant. When the wind blows Shiraz's ball of wool into the garden next door, she spends helping and caring for the old lady who lives there, with miraculous results. Then her stepmother sends her own daught

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This story is about a girl whose parents died and who had a brave heart and did all the chores honestly. My favourite character is Shiraz. because she had a kind heart & she wasn't lazy at all.

Anonymous 15.08.2023

Lovely story

Professor Fenella Sudoku 17.10.2021

It was very interesting and I liked the different pools they had to go in

Fairy Pinky Pinkerton 06.09.2021

I liked it when Shiraz didn’t listen to the old lady, instead she just tided everything. I like Shiraz because she doesn’t always do what someone says.( except from her stepmother) I recommend someone who has a brave heart to read this book.

Fairy Bernice Hammersmith 09.08.2020

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