The first known version of the Cinderella story, brought to vibrant life by top author Beverley Naidoo. One day long ago, a Greek girl named Rhodopis is sold into slavery by bandits and taken to Egypt. Along the way she makes friends with the storyteller Aesop and a host of playful animals. Her master gives her a pair of beautiful rose-red slippers, making three other servants jealous. But when Horus, the falcon, sweeps in to steal her slipper, Rhodopis has no idea that it will lead her to the King of Egypt himself… An ancient story retold by one of today’s finest writersConsidered to be the first variant of the Cinderella taleA story that finds echoes in fairy tales all over the worldBy the author of Carnegie winner The Other Side of Truth Supplied as a pack of six copies.