Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Cinderella
Jerry Mahoney · 2017
74/100
👍 Worth It
A clever, light-on-its-feet fractured fairy tale that earns genuine laughs from the premise — the ugly stepsister just wants art school, and that kind of small twist is exactly what kids this age find funny. The blended-family framing adds real-world texture without being heavy-handed about it. Short, illustrated, and accessible enough for reluctant readers to actually finish.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety96
Substance / usefulness66
Craft & writing74
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers82
Age-fit92
👁 Human-eye gut-check75
Penny’s verdict74
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