5/20/2023 0 Comments A Whole New World by Liz Braswell![]() ![]() ![]() Soon with the death of his mother Aladdin finds himself alone, except for the monkey, Abu, that his mother gave him. You choose who you will be, Aladdin.You can choose to be something more." ![]() Even when he is brought home by Akram for stealing dried figs and dates, his mother urges him, "Don't let life's unfairness, don't let now poor you are decide who you are. This re-telling closely follows the Disney animated classic story in the presentation of the characters, but the story diverges.Īladdin lives with his mother in the Quarter of the Street Rats in Agrabah, "where thieves, beggars, murderers and poorest of the poor lived." Desperately poor, Aladdin survives by stealing from the market, something his mother does not approve. A Whole New World is a re-telling of the tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, one of the tales in the Arabian Nights, also known as One Thousand and One Nights. ![]()
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