Have you ever wondered just what was going on when that odd little man
with the long name stepped up and volunteered to spin straw into gold
for the miller's daughter? If you stop and think about it, there are
some very peculiar components to the story.
Vivian Vande Velde has wondered too, and she's come up with these six
alternative versions of the old legend. A bevy of miller's daughters
confront their perilous situation in very different ways--sometimes
comic, sometimes scary, always unexpected.