Ella Enchanted 1997
- fiction, Juvenile Fiction - Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations, Juvenile Fiction - Fantasy & Magic, Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women
This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and old. At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift—the “gift” of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not accept her fate... Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse forever. A tween favorite for 25 years—now shared with today's young readers by moms, teachers, and other adults who remember the pleasure of discovering this fun fairy-tale retelling themselves!
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About the book
- Author
- Gail Carson Levine
- First published
- August 30, 1998
- Pages
- 249
- Publisher
- Xin lei chu ban she, Epsilon Yayinlari, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 36
- Language
- Chinese, German, heb, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780007171682
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“That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me.”
Gail Carson Levine (born September 17, 1947) is an American author of young adult books. Her second novel, Ella Enchanted, received a Newbery Honor in 1998.
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