Bibliographic Information: Zemach, H. (1973). Duffy and the devil. Canada: Ferrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.
Annotation: A young girl, with the help of a devil, finds a more comfortable life and is able to trick him out of the agreement she made with him.
Genre: Folktale
Grade Level: I
Readers Who Will Like This Book: Those who enjoy trickster tales.
Personal Response and Rating: I rate this a 2. While the story was an interesting version of the Rumplestiltskin story, the illustrations didn't appeal to me.
Prereading Question: Have you ever said you could do something when you really couldn't?
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