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Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levinec. 1997 * p.232 * Y.A. Fantasy
Ella Enchanted takes the classic tale of Cinderella and enlivens it with spunk, humor, and personality. At Ella's birth, a rather overzealous fairy named Lucinda blesses her with the gift obedience. From then on, she must do what she is commanded, whether she must do her chores, eat her entire birthday cake, or kill, Ella is powerless against the will of her "gift." When her mother suddenly dies, Ella is left to be cared for by many non-caring persons: her often-absent and greedy father, her voluptuous step-mother, and horse-faced and devious step-sisters. But Ella's tenacity keeps her fighting for her own free will as she searches for a way to relinquish Lucinda's gift.
Ella's adventurous and charming nature keeps you smiling for the entirety of the book as she challenges hungry ogres, tricks her evil-stepsisters, tracks fairies, slides down castle banisters, and falls for the dashing Prince Charmont. Levine incorporates the iconic elements of the Cinderella tale, such as glass slippers, a pumpkin coach, and the infamous ball, while breathing life into the surrounding plot and characters. It is a novel that I could read again and again, and has instantly become one of my favorites.
-Would be nicely paired with the classic tale as stepping stone to YAL
-An ideal princess book for girls
-Movie was heartbreakingly disappointing and entirely untrue to the book
-A fast and uncomplicated read
Ella Enchanted takes the classic tale of Cinderella and enlivens it with spunk, humor, and personality. At Ella's birth, a rather overzealous fairy named Lucinda blesses her with the gift obedience. From then on, she must do what she is commanded, whether she must do her chores, eat her entire birthday cake, or kill, Ella is powerless against the will of her "gift." When her mother suddenly dies, Ella is left to be cared for by many non-caring persons: her often-absent and greedy father, her voluptuous step-mother, and horse-faced and devious step-sisters. But Ella's tenacity keeps her fighting for her own free will as she searches for a way to relinquish Lucinda's gift.
Ella's adventurous and charming nature keeps you smiling for the entirety of the book as she challenges hungry ogres, tricks her evil-stepsisters, tracks fairies, slides down castle banisters, and falls for the dashing Prince Charmont. Levine incorporates the iconic elements of the Cinderella tale, such as glass slippers, a pumpkin coach, and the infamous ball, while breathing life into the surrounding plot and characters. It is a novel that I could read again and again, and has instantly become one of my favorites.
-Would be nicely paired with the classic tale as stepping stone to YAL
-An ideal princess book for girls
-Movie was heartbreakingly disappointing and entirely untrue to the book
-A fast and uncomplicated read
-Junior High Ages
-Levine has written many other novels that are classic princess tales with a twist:
-Levine has written many other novels that are classic princess tales with a twist:
Fairest with elements of “Sleeping Beauty”;
The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales, a four book collection that includes elements from fairytales like “Toads and Diamonds," "The Princess and the Pea," "Sleeping Beauty," "The Princess on the Glass Hill," "Puddocky," and "The Golden Goose";
The Two Princesses of Bamarre; The Wish; etc.
The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales, a four book collection that includes elements from fairytales like “Toads and Diamonds," "The Princess and the Pea," "Sleeping Beauty," "The Princess on the Glass Hill," "Puddocky," and "The Golden Goose";
The Two Princesses of Bamarre; The Wish; etc.
-I have read Fairest. Like Ella Enchanted it follows the quest of a female protagonist who must accept/discover her true identity and self-worth. In Fairest, the challenge is embracing your own beauty.
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