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Ella Enchanted (Enchanted #1)

by Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author)

3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 · rating details · 164,199 ratings · 5,385 reviews

At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent young fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the "gift" of obedience. Anything anyone tells her to do, Ella must obey. Another girl might have been cowed by this affliction, but not feisty Ella: "Instead of making me docile, Lucinda's curse made a rebel of me. Or perhaps I was that way naturally." When her beloved mot...more

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Published January 1st 1997 by Scholastic Books

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Apr 05, 2009 Cara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Cara by: Valerie (sister) and Ginny (friend)

Shelves: fantasy, books-made-into-movies, fairy-tales, recommended-to-me

Now I know why people made such a fuss when the movie came out. I watched the movie first, so I had no idea how utterly wrong everything was. It totally is not like the book. Just slap on the names and the curse and that's where the similarities end. I must say the book is MUCH better than the movie.

The style of the writing was kind of weird for me, but not in a bad way. It's not that it was too fast paced or anything, but I noticed there wasn't a lot of padding or fanfare before events would...more

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Feb 18, 2012 Emma rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Feminists often denounce traditional fairy tales because they perpetuate the ideals of a patriarchal society by encouraging girls to behave like proper princesses and wait for charming princes to take charge and save the day. In response to these traditional fairy tales, many authors have tried to reclaim the realm of fairy tales for girls. These retellings feature active protagonists who are not scared of taking charge and do not need princes to save them. One example of this new fairy tale gen...more Feminists often denounce traditional fairy tales because they perpetuate the ideals of a patriarchal society by encouraging girls to behave like proper princesses and wait for charming princes to take charge and save the day. In response to these traditional fairy tales, many authors have tried to reclaim the realm of fairy tales for girls. These retellings feature active protagonists who are not scared of taking charge and do not need princes to save them. One example of this new fairy tale genre is the 1998 children’s novel "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine, which takes an untraditional approach to retelling the story of Cinderella. The novel addresses several specific feminist issues, specifically negotiating and fighting the burden of obedience, the importance of female friendships and, of course, learning to save yourself.

The story is set in an imaginary, medieval-esque kingdom called Frell. A roaming fairy named Lucinda gives Ella the gift/curse of obedience at Ella’s birth. As a result, Ella has to do everything she is told, no matter what harm it might cause to herself or others. (In the novel, the severity of Ella’s curse in constantly underscored with passages explaining how little control Ella has over her own life: “If someone told me to hop on one foot for a day and a half, I’d have to do it. And hopping on one foot wasn’t the worst order I could be given. If you commanded me to cut off my own head, I’d have to do it.") As the plot moves forward Ella is compelled to leave home to try and find Lucinda and ask her to lift the curse. Along the way she also falls in love with Prince Char. For varying reasons, depending on the version, Lucinda refuses to lift the curse. Further difficulties arise as Ella continues her quest.

That's the main body of the story. The Cinderella element is relevant mainly to the last quarter of the novel where actual elements from that story (the slipper, the ball) appear in the story, although the evil step-sisters and fairy godmother are present throughout the narrative.

There are several reasons that I love this novel and recommend it to everyone. The first is that it's an imaginative retelling of Cinderella which makes the story exciting for readers familiar with the original version without making it too abtruse for readers who have never heard of Cinderella. Also, the book is full of great role models for girls. All of the female characters are strong, self-aware women--things seen far too rarely in the fairy tale genre. The novel is narrated in Ella's voice. This makes it easy to see how strong Ella is as a character (especially at the end of the novel).

The other great thing about this book is that it all seems authentic, never over the top or under-written. In addition to creating immensely likable main characters, Levine creates a compelling world within the pages of "Ella Enchanted" vivid with details ranging from Elvish and Gnomish languages to customs at a Giant's wedding. The story is an immensely entertaining page-turner that will (even better) leave readers feeling satisfied when they reach the final scene where Levine ties everything together, artfully blending empowerment with a happy-ever-after ending fit for a traditional fairy tale.

Excerpted from a scholarly article I wrote about Ella Enchanted as a book and movie. You can read the full article here: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/resear...(less)

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Sonia Reppe Hi, I read your scholarly article and it's cool but here are my thoughts.
Maybe the novel is the more effective feminist text, but consider, when you...more
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Bitteronion who i love - i would and never give-up. thats okay - at least i never give up my hope what i thought it for me cuz i love it - i would keep it forever...more
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Emma I wholeheartedly agree with your article - I found the glitzy movie very difficult to stomach. This saddened me a lot because I have long loved the El...more
Jul 11, 2011 07:04pm

Mar 10, 2012 Jillian -always aspiring- rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Every girl anywhere because it is just that good of a book

Shelves: childhood-reads, best-characters, best-endings, retellings, will-love-it-until-i-die, ultimate-favorites, comfort-reads, swoon-worthy-book-crushes, heroines-i-love-and-or-admire, heroes-i-love-and-respect, 2012-reads, wish-i-could-write-a-book-like-this, writer-crush, writing-to-which-i-aspire, reviewed

I've lost count of how many times I've read this wonderful book. I remember the first time vividly, though. I wouldn't have picked up this book had I not been on a fifth grade field trip, had some pocket money, and wandered over to the book section of the gift shop. While everyone else was chattering and looking at all the other shinier things offered, I was discovering Ella.

Ella is the type of girl I wanted to be when I was eleven -- adventurous, loyal, brave, honest, clever, witty, kind, charm...more

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Jul 14, 2010 Kat Kennedy rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Teenage girls ready to "bloom"

Shelves: fun-fantasy, kat-s-book-reviews

Ella Enchanted is like a koala. A big, soft, cute koala.

And if you mess with it, it'll use it's big, sharp, not-so-cute claws to tear your face off.

Seriously.

It's just a cute little fairy tale for teenage girls about a silly little world. Accept it for what it is. Leave it at that. Don't delve any futher. Don't consider it from a feminine perspective, don't rationalize it from a historical stand-point, don't try to analyze is for hidden metaphors or literary value.

Just read, rinse, repeat and mo...more

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Oct 10, 2007 Chelsea rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: any one who likes fairytales with a twist

Shelves: childrens, awardwinners, doubleplusgood, fantasy, retellings, own, royalty, cinderella, multiples, historicalfiction, toswap, reread, 2007, covers, comfortbooks, fiction, middlereader

This still stands as one of my favorite books. The fantasy elements are clever and not too over the top. Ella is witty and pretty clever herself, not to mention strong and determined and resourceful. Mandy is just your everyday, ordinary, regular old cook/fairy. Char is, appropriately, charming. The stepsisters are deliciously evil. Lucinda is completely batty.

I like that none of the women in the book are doormats. Good or evil, protagonist or minor background character, they have an opinion, th...more

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Nov 14, 2008 Needleroozer rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of princess and fairy tales

Shelves: young-adult

My sister recommended this book to me and even bought me a copy at half price day at Goodwill. Now I am recommending this book to you.

The main character, Ella, is a young woman, almost 15, who is cursed with obedience as an infant. A fairy thinks she's blessing the baby by forcing her to be obedient, but that's not really how it turns out. Imagine being physically compelled to do anything that anyone tells you to do. You don't have to be an anarchist to quickly realize that would be a rotten wa...more

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Mar 08, 2008 Shannon (Giraffe Days) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, fantasy, ya, fairytales, 2008

It's a sweet, humorous book, written for a younger audience but easily enjoyed by an older one too. Based on the Cinderella story, there are a few notable differences, namely that Ella was "blessed" with the "gift" of obedience by the fairy Lucinda, who thinks all her gifts (such as turning you into a squirrel) are wonderful. Ella is the daughter of Lady Eleanor and a somewhat unscrupulous merchant, Sir Peter, whom she rarely sees. She grows up with her mother, who teaches her to slide down the...more It's a sweet, humorous book, written for a younger audience but easily enjoyed by an older one too. Based on the Cinderella story, there are a few notable differences, namely that Ella was "blessed" with the "gift" of obedience by the fairy Lucinda, who thinks all her gifts (such as turning you into a squirrel) are wonderful. Ella is the daughter of Lady Eleanor and a somewhat unscrupulous merchant, Sir Peter, whom she rarely sees. She grows up with her mother, who teaches her to slide down the banister, and the cook Mandy, who's not all she seems. She learns fairly early what a curse the gift is, where any command must be obeyed. The opportunities for being taken advantage of are mind-boggling (but strictly G-rated). Ella learns to be defiant even while she is forced to obey, but the trick doesn't always work.

When, at fifteen, her mother dies several things happen. Firstly, she meets Prince Char and forms a friendship with him, and secondly her father decides to send her to finishing school along with the two hideous daughters of Dame Olga, who has her sights set on Sir Peter. The daughters, Hattie and Olive, are greedy, rude and obnoxious, but things become worse when Hattie realises Ella must obey her.

Ella is desperate to find Lucinda and have her remove the curse, which leads her to run away from the finishing school and into all sorts of trouble. Unlike a lot of fantasy stories, though, this one isn't a quest story set on an endless road. Ella meets Elves and is nearly eaten by Ogres, but spends most of the story at home. Humorous escapades and a blooming friendship between her and Char balance out the cruelty dealt her by others. And the Cinderella aspect is given full due, but in a refreshing way. The similarities are there, but it never feels old and tired and same-y.

Also, Ella herself is a great heroine, smart and strong but not over-confident or perfect. She's a bit clumsy but has the gift of imitating languages and voices, and learning languages quickly. She's no defenceless damsel and she doesn't whinge, but her curse curtails who she really is. The moral of the story is fitting, but not lecturing. Levine has a much lighter hand than your average Disney movie, and there's not a saccharine moment. It reminds me a bit of the movie Ever After, so if you liked that then you'll like this book, and vice versa.

A joy to read, and very well written, Ella Enchanted took up a few hours of my time but will take up a much larger slice of my memory: for making me laugh at the end of an exhausting week, for being sweet but not cloying, wise but not preachy, and for revitalising an old fairytale.(less)

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Apr 12, 2009 Ash rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Ash by: Cara and Valerie

This was a very sweet and funny book. The movie version really doesn't do it justice and is almost a different story all together. I'd always heard about this book when I was in elementary and middle school, but back then I thought reading a book was punishment. Now though, I see that books are our friends and not just good paper weights. I'm glad that I had a chance to read this book before I got too old to actually enjoy it. Though I think that I would've still liked it anyway. Ella is funny...more

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Sep 25, 2007 payasa213 rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is a Fantasy book and is a fairytale story much like Cinderella. Ella, the main character when she was born Ella was given a gift by a fairy. To most people a fairy's gift would be fantastic though many people may not understand what these gifts mean. Ella's gift was to be obedient always. At first this sounded ok but through the story, Ella's gift seemed more like a curse. What is even worse is that, after her mother dies, her father marries the horrible Da...more

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Aug 29, 2011 Sally rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Sally by: Sandra

Shelves: fairy-tales, fantasy, fantasy-land, royalty, ya, happily-ever-after

Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I have a new favourite now, oh my. :D Why did it take me so long to read this?! Maybe because the book itself is a falling-apart ex-library hardcover, that just looks so unappealing. Tch. :P Each time Solyndra has mentioned it I've thought I should really read it at last, so good thing THIS time I finally DID.

SO MUCH LOVE. The whole story is just marvellous and wonderful. I was so invested in the Ella/Char romance and it takes a lot for me to actually, seriously, deeply CARE...more

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May 04, 2011 Veronica rated it 4 of 5 stars

When some of my friends learned I was reading Ella Enchanted for the very first time, the first thing they told me was, "What! I read that book, like, when I was in fifth grade!" Well, let me just say, I wouldn't have enjoyed this book in fifth grade as I have enjoyed it now. It's exactly what one of my bookworm friends would have described as a "cookie read": short, sweet, and satisfactory. It was a truly well-woven, fanciful tale with just the right pint of humor, a delightful sprinkling of r...more

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Jul 30, 2012 Lina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-books, children-fantasy, fairytale

Well, I can certainly say I enjoyed this book a lot more than the movie. It was a very charming and cute, but I think I sort of prefer Just Ella to this work in particular. Anyway, this book is about a young girl named Ella who is cursed with the gift of obedience, which was given to her by an empty-headed fairy who was unaware of how this might affect the young child. As a result of the curse Ella was do anything she is directly commanded to do, any resistance to this causes pain and different...more

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Jul 10, 2010 Jasmin rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: All the little girls and the little girls at heart

Shelves: fairy-tale, fantasy, adventure, romance, young-adult, children

Unicorns. Fairies. Castles. Most of all, Prince Charming.

Ella Enchanted made me want to revert back to being a little girl, where it's easy to believe that happily ever afters do exist. And yes, it reminded me that, despite my bitter self now, I at one point, believed in happily ever afters.

Who doesn't know Ella? I sure caught the craze when this was a movie with Anne Hathaway as Ella. The movie was spectacular, and the book was just as good.

Ella was bestowed the gift of obedience. Well, to the...more Unicorns. Fairies. Castles. Most of all, Prince Charming.

Ella Enchanted made me want to revert back to being a little girl, where it's easy to believe that happily ever afters do exist. And yes, it reminded me that, despite my bitter self now, I at one point, believed in happily ever afters.

Who doesn't know Ella? I sure caught the craze when this was a movie with Anne Hathaway as Ella. The movie was spectacular, and the book was just as good.

Ella was bestowed the gift of obedience. Well, to the fairy who dared to give it, it was a gift. But to the other end who received it, it was definitely a curse. Ella made me laugh. But she also made my heart break. I could not imagine myself doing everything someone ordered me to do. Even the simple task of following parents seemed Herculean, when your heart had no desire to do it. But Ella had to do every blasted thing. Whether, she liked it or not, she had to obey. She could try delaying tactics, but in the end, the curse will always get the best of her.

But despite the crazed obedience, Ella was still a girl. Charming. Humorous. Intellectual. Unselfish. Patient. And courageous. And a prince could not help but notice her.

Prince Char, after having friendship with Ella, proposes. But Ella could not risk being the Prince's downfall. Once enemies knew of her affliction, one could not help but to take advantage. So Ella tricked the prince into thinking she had married another.

But true love could not be stopped.

As the town was to hold series of balls, where rumor has it, the prince would choose a bride, Ella could not help but rush off, and maybe see the prince once more. She poses as Lela, and again, she has caught the eye of the prince.

But just as Cinderella did, Ella had to leave, as soon as the prince found her true identity.

Ella could not even consider harming the prince, despite all the love she had in her heart for him. The prince orders her to marry him, but with the thought of his imminent danger, she manages to fight of the curse with an extreme amount of disobedience.

Well, of course, now that she's no threat to the prince anymore, evidently, they could now have their happily ever after.

This book makes me want to believe in happily ever afters once more. Maybe I will, but I would rather wait for it to come, and see for myself ♥(less)

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Jun 27, 2008 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite-books

I was looking for a fun easy read that could help me escape reality and this one did it for me. I really enjoyed the book. It is, however, very different from the movie and in many respects I feel that the movie screenplay was sharper witted, tighter and more entertaining. I liked the book enough to read Fairest, a companion book, which I enjoyed even more. If you liked Ella check out Fairest.

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Apr 07, 2009 Jjen rated it 3 of 5 stars

I got this book free with a magazine to promote the film version that was coming out around that time, so I thought it would be terrible. It looked terrible. But I read it anyway because I hate to judge, and I was wrong about it. Although it was not exactly a work of literary genius, I really connected with the main character Ella - she wasn't the sappy, needy pwincess we usually associate with fairy stories but an independent, strong young woman. She is put under a curse as a young child - she...more

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Aug 16, 2012 Elevetha Houre rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Elevetha by: Miss Clark

Shelves: fairytales, adventure, cute-and-fun, magic-and-other-magical-substances, middle-grade, own

3.5 stars.

Fun to read. Very different from the film. 9+.

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Jan 03, 2013 Ambur rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: top-faves, own-physical-copy, own, fantasy

I loved this book so much!
If you've seen the movie, the stories are nothing alike, but personally, I enjoyed both. I love the movie, and I love the book, for totally differen reasons. The movie changed the plot, the timeline, pretty much everything, but it stays true to the characters, and since the story was so far from the book I found myself able to enjoy both separately. While I loved the movie, the book was even more adorable!
Char and Ella have so much chemistry in the book, and so many mo...more

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Jul 08, 2009 Jacki rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-fiction

I felt like the author said to herself: "I'm going to really revamp the Cinderella classic! I'm gonna give the girl a backstory like you wouldn't believe! and it's going to be cute, and funny, and there will be all kinds of mythical creatures in it! It's going to be wholly other-worldly! And she's going to go on this awesome journey that's going to be epic and life changing!"

All that ended halfway through the book: The journey, the special creatures, the seemingly important gifts and details, th...more

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Feb 05, 2009 Laura Spaulding rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was my absolute favorite book when I was a kid. I still have my first copy of it; the poor thing is so tattered and yellowed. It's a story about a girl placed under a spell by a fairy at birth and the journey she goes on to rid herself of the curse. Fairies, trolls, evil step mothers, magic-you name it, this book has it. I refuse to see the disney movie version. The book (although a fairy tale) was rather dark (death, curses, evil people, ect), and i'm sure disney completely butchered that.

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Sep 09, 2008 Dawn Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2008

Well. I have never seen a movie AND then read a book that was SO different from the movie EVER!!!! In reading this, I had the movie in mind and was really confused as I was reading! The only thing from this book that was in the movie---ok, there are three things: 1. Ella has to obey, 2. her father travels (but in the movie they are close unlike the book), and 3. he marries someone YUCKY. Otherwise, it is ALL different. OH, and she does travel around looking for Lucinda (who is beautiful in the m...more

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Sep 01, 2008 Danielle rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone :)

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, all-time-favorites

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Apr 18, 2009 Enna Moon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: to-reread, i-own-it, high-fantasy, fantasty

I love this book so much! It is absolutely my favorite book! If you havn't read it you've got to! I have the audiobook on my iPod and practically have it memorized. I think anyone one can enjoy this book, but I would especially reccomend it to fantasy lovers. It is set in the same world as Fairest.

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Aug 12, 2011 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-ya-fiction, fantasy-paranormal, retold-fairy-tales, 1st-pov, books-to-movies, royal-hero-or-heroine

I'm not sure if I'm letting the movie influence my rating but the book and the movie have almost nothing in common except for a few names and the infamous curse. The book was okay for me. I could easily tell it was written for children. There wasn't much time spent on developing the characters or plot or the setting. I think I would have liked to see a little more time setting the stage and understanding the world in which the story takes place in. I would definitely recommend it to the younger...more

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May 23, 2008 Kendra rated it 5 of 5 stars

If you've seen the movie without reading the book, YOU ARE MISSING OUT! If you haven't seen the movie, make sure you read the book before you do, and I hope you do (well, at least read the book). The book explores the life of a girl growing up in the times of fairies and ogres, giants and elves, and let's not forget the evil stepmother and stepsister! Ella is a smart girl with a curse. At her birth a fairy gave Ella the "gift" of obedience. Immediately, this proves to be a bad gift. If someone w...more

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May 05, 2007 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: j-books, remade-fairy-tales, supernatural-fantasy

One of my very favorite young adult books! When Ella of Frell was born she received the gift of obedience from a fairy. But it is not really a gift at all! Ella must be obedient to whatever anyone tells her to do! If someone tell her to hop on one foot for a day she has to do it! Ella decides to set out and find this fairy and change her destiny. This book is charming and humorous and enriches the original "Cinderella" tale. Ogres, witches, fairy godmothers, giants, and wicked stepsisters all ma...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Abby rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, favorites, want-to-re-read, 25-2013-challenge, own

You are welcome to check out my blog post, were I ramble on an on about how much I love this book and my reasons for loving it so much, by clicking the link below.

http://missbookreader09.blogspot.com/...

"Though this book isn't the most "moving" or the most powerful, I think it's a fairytale every girl should read. It has the spunky, independent heroine, that we all admire and secretly wish we were more like, the charming prince who makes us all sigh and dream about, plus magic, curses, adventure...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Maddie rated it 5 of 5 stars

one of my favorite childhood books. :) The movie was not at all what I thought it should have been. still love that Anne Hathaway.

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Sep 14, 2009 Skyler Rowan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 25-books-for-ela

The book was fantastic the way they incorporated magic into it was hilarious.I found out that love has no bounds and that you have to always believe in yourself and not listen to what others say about you

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Apr 09, 2008 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Grades 5-8

Shelves: fantasy

CIP summary: In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

Pithy Review: This funny, lively, and welcome reexamination of the Cinderella theme has many new twists and a spunky heroine who creatively fights to overcome her ‘gift’ of obedience.

Kirkus Reviews: Starred review. "..refreshing take on one of the world's most popular fairy tales..."
School Library Journal: "A thoroughly enchanting novel that deep...more

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Oct 04, 2008 Jackie "the Librarian" rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: ages 11 and up

Shelves: fantasy, fairytalesretold, youngadult, awardwinners

I love the little twist to this story of Cinderella - that she was given the gift of perfect obedience by her fairy godmother. Just imagine if you had to do anything anyone told you to! And you got stuck with that evil stepmother and stepsisters.
Ella has GOT to get rid of her fairy godmother's gift, not just because of the steps, but also because she's fallen in love with the prince. She doesn't trust herself not to endanger him in her current condition.
So off Ella goes to track down that "good"...more

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Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and began writing seriously in 1987. Her first book for children, Ella Enchanted, was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Fairest; Dave at Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Yo...more

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