Bound

**Bound** //by Donna Jo Napoli//
//Source: Borders.com// =Bound= 1.) Why do the girls bind their feet? Because husbands looked for a girl with small feet.
 * Description:** Young Xing Xing is bound. Bound to her father's second wife and daughter after Xing Xing's father has passed away. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where the life of a woman is valued less than that of livestock. In this searing story, Donna Jo Napoli, acclaimed author of Beast and Breath, delves into the roots of the Cinderella myth and unearths a tale as powerful as it is familiar.

2.) Why did Stepmother say it was good that the raccoon bit off Wei Pings toes? She said it was good, because now her feet were smaller than they had anticipated.

3.) What was Xing Xing’s major skill? Caligraphy.

4.) What kind of ending was it and why? It was a Cinderella ending because the prince came and tried the shoe on the stepsister and mom, but it fit the basically servant of another daughter. The prince married her.

5. )Who is the author? Donna Jo Napoli
 * Q:** //How does Xing Xing find her mother's stash of precious clothing?//
 * A:** Xing Xing goes to bury the bones of her fish friend beneath the floor of the storage room, where her stepmother and stepsister never go. There she finds that a stone is already loose, and, lifting it, finds a note addressed to her.


 * Q:** //Why does Xing Xing decide to go off with the Prince after all?//
 * A:** She knows for sure that her life will be horrible and miserable if she stays with her stepmother- she would wither away and just be the crazy girl who said she had the golden shoes, forever a servant- but she has a chance for happiness with the Prince.


 * Q:** //What does Stepmother do with the giant fish?//
 * A:** Stepmother makes sure that Xing Xing is away from the well by having her write poetry for the festival, then dresses as Xing Xing to lure the fish to the top of the water and kill it. She serves the meat of the giant fish to households all over the village and disposes of its bones in her household's dung/refuse heap.