Chinese Cinderella

i. Title

Chinese Cinderella

ii. Author

Adeline Yen Mah - Yen Jun-ling

iii. Characters

Yen Jun-ling/Adeline/Wu Mei (Fifth Daughter) - the main character. She was an unwanted child because she was considered bad luck because she was told to be the cause of her mother's death

Aunt Baba - Jun-ling's loving aunt. She's one of the few ones who takes Jun-ling's side in the family, is also Jun-ling's mother's best friend.

Ye Ye - Jun-ling's grandfather; her father's father. He is always siding the first children.

Nai Nai - Jun-ling's grandmother; her father's mother. She is the authority in the house.

Niang (Mother) - Jun-ling's stepmother, is a French woman; married Jun-ling's father one year after his wife died. She takes over after Nai Nai died.

Father - Jun-ling's father; married Niang one year after his wife died; Ye Ye and Nai Nai's only son.

Big Sister/Lydia - the eldest daughter; takes Niang's side as the story continues. Married at the age of 17.

Big Brother/Gregory - the eldest son, next to Big Sister. Goes to England with Second brother for college.

Second Brother/Edgar - born after Big Brother. Goes to England with Big Brother for college.

Third Brother/James - born after second brother and before Jun-ling. Is the only sibling Jun-ling is close to.

Fourth Younger Brother/Franklin - Jun-ling's younger stepbrother and is Niang's little darling. He is treated especially by their father and he loves to see Ye Ye really... really... pissed off and angry.

Little Sister/Susan - the youngest daughter

Aunt Reine - Niang's sister; rescued Jun-ling from the St. Joseph's

Uncle Jean - Aunt Reine's husband

Claudine and Victor - Uncle Jean and Aunt Reine's children,