Ella Enchanted

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Summary: My favorite book...it's awesome!
Review: "Ella Enchanted" is one of my favorite books. It's about a girl named Ella, when at birth was given a "gift" (more like a spell) to ALWAYS be obidient. No matter what someone says, Ella has to obey; if she doesn't, she gets dizzy, and feels sick. Ella is at danger at all times, because if somebody (for instance) told her to chop her head off, she would HAVE to do it! Anyway, in the begining of the book, Ella's mother dies. At the funeral, Ella meets a boy named Char, the prince. After awhile she falls in love with him but doesn't want to marry him in fear of putting him in her danger too. Well, that's all I'm going to say- other wise it will give a lot of stuff away. I really love this book, I have read it 2 times, in the middle of the 3rd. I would recommend this book to someone who likes romance, adventure, and suspence. Gail Carson Levine is a wonderful author. I would also recommend some of her other books: "The Wish" and "Dave at Night"

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Summary: Obedience?
Review: Ella Enchanted is a wonderful fantasy book by Gail Carson Levine. She puts a twist to the classic fairy tale, Cinderella. I would recommend this book to girls of nine to sixteen years of age. This book has every kind of creature: goblins, elves giants ogres fairy-godmothers, you name it! With a dead mother a kind a kind but misunderstanding father, Ella has a hard time. But on top of that, she has been cursed from the moment she was born. She can't say no! This truly is a fairy tale. It has it's sad parts, but a happy ending, too. I like this book because I can relate to Ella. We are about the same age, and we think similarly. I also like the way the author makes it seem realistic. Ella is learning things ad the book goes on and she gets older. This is a good book for peeole who like Harry Potter books, because they both have magic and strange creatures and a main character that has a speciality. And for those who don't like Harry Potter, or haven't read it and don't plan on reading it, maybe this book will change your mind

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Summary: CINDERELLA WITH AN ATTITUDE!!
Review: When you think of 'Cinderella' you think of a polite young lady. But, Ella is the exact opposite. Although all the MAJOR points are the same as the Disney version, most of the details are quite different. For example, Ella's curse. That was in none of the original tellings.
Ella gives you a real sense of what a real cinderella would be like. Char is a charming character, and I love the obviousness about the two of them ending up together.
All great cinderella stories have a time where Cinderella and Prince Charming are seperated (Like the movie EVER AFTER). And this book has it.
Although some times in the book it gets slow (rarely), it always picks itself up again.
This is one of the best Cinderella retellings I have EVER read!!

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Summary: Logic or Love?
Review: Based on the classic cinderella story, Ella Enchanted is a fantastic book. At birth Ella is 'blessed' by a fairy with the 'gift of obedience' which forces her to do whatever is given to her as an order. If Ella were told to she would have to kill herself or a loved one.
Ella grew up with her mother and her cook, Mandy, her fairy godmother. While in her teens her mother dies, and her funeral Ella meets Char, a prince. Her father is drawn into marriage because of financial problems and she is sent off to Finishing School with her two step-sisters. Ella and Char wrote to eachother the whole while she was away. She soon learned to do everything right because she had to because of her curse. Later she ran away in hopes of meeting the fairy sho gave her her curse, but when she does finally meet her the fairy refuses to lift the curse and flees off. Ella then goes back to live with her father, step-mother, step-sisters, and Mandy. Her father leaves on a business trip and while he is away she is treated poorly by her step-family; the only person she can relate to is Mandy.
Her and Char fall in love but she wont allow herself to marry him because the kingdom's enemies would easily be able to use her curse to their advantage. When he orders her to marry him, unknowing of the curse, she must battel with herself to come to a conclusion.
This is a very interesting and captivating book through and through. I have read it numerous times and i love it more and more each time. Especially if you enjoy the classics, particularly the tale of Cinderella, I would highly recomend Ella Enchanted.

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Summary: A Fabulous Fantasy
Review: When I first borrowed this book, it was purely to kill time. Little did I know that this book was to be one of the most interestiing, humorous and enchanting book I have ever read. Ella or Eleanor is the daughter of a shrewd but rich merchant. When she was a baby, a fairy, Lucinda, cast a silly obedience spell on her. Ever since, Ella had to obey every single command given, regardless whether or not it was appropriate, and most of the time, against Ella's wishes. Luckily, Ella grew up in a household which loved her dearly, espeacially her Mother and her cook cum fairy godmother, Mandy. However, after her Mother dies, her father, a man which had never cared much for Ella, decides to send her to finishing school. Much as Ella hated it, she had to obey. Worst of all, she could tell no one of the spell cast on her, a promise to her dying mother to prevent Ella from being exploited. From there on, she meets wicked and greedy step-sisters, a downright horrid step mother, some orgres and of course, her good friend turned loved one, Prince Charmont, as Ella ventures to find Lucinda to remove the silly obedient spell from her. This stories spans a few years as Ella struggles to maintain her dignity and wits while searching for a solution and sacrificing her own love and feelings for her Prince and her country, with hilaious results and touching scenes. This book is a definite must-read.

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Summary: You Have To Read It
Review: This is my favorite book of all time!!! It's about a girl, Ella, who is under a spell that makes her always be obedient. She has countless adventures that are told so wonderfully. I've read it at least 20 times, no joke. I first read it in 5th grade and I read it about 4 times a year since then and I'm going to be in 10th grade next year. I don't care if you're still in elementary school or you're 40! You have to read this book! It is one of the best tellings of the Cinderella story!

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Summary: Ella Enchants Audiences of all Ages
Review: Unicorns, princes, ogres, oh my! These are just some of the surprises one will encounter while reading Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. It is the tale of a young girl named Ella who is under the spell of obedience and must obey every order given to her. As you read, you will follow her adventures through the forest of the ogres and the land of the giants. Ella Enchanted is just as exciting as it is well written. Levine does a great job capturing the imagination of audiences of every age. Though it is grouped as young adult literature, it never fails to strike the awe in the older audiences as well. This is a book that will make you look forward to every page and make you never want to put it down. With every chapter comes new adventures of Ella and her wonderful unicorn, apple. This book is a must read for people of all ages and definitely deserves 5 out of 5 stars for creativity and imagination.

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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: Ella is a young girl who was given a gift by a fairy named Lucinda . The gift was oedience . Ella had to obey every given command . But it had to be a direct command, such as "put on your shawl" or "go to bed now". A wish or request had no effect on her. if any one found out about the spell she would be in danger . So ever since Ella was born she's been in danger . SO Ella gose out to find Lucinda to take the spell back . Dose Ella ever find Lucinda or is she stuck with the spell forever. READ THE BOOK.

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Summary: Ella Enchanted Review
Review: The book Ella Enchanted is a great adaptation of a classic fariy tale. The story is about a girl named Ella who at birth was given the gift of obedience by a fariy, which turns out not to be such a great gift. After her mother dies, her father remarries and Ella gains two stepsisters. They discover that Ella has to obey them and they boss her around. Meanwhile Ella is falling in love for Prince Char. This book is well written and the characters are well developed. Gail Carloson Levine takes the idea of recreateing a story heard many times, which is potentially boring, and gives it her own twists, which makes it new again. Will Ella end up with the prince and live happily ever after? Read Ella Enchanted and find out.

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Summary: Ella Enchanter
Review: At birth Ella becomes cursed, with obedience. A foolish fairy thought that it might help her to become a well-behaved young lady. The only thing it did for Ella was make her life miserable. Once her mother dies and her selfish father sends her to finishing school the situation seems hopeless. The only person that she lives for is the charming prince Char. The problem is she must break the curse in order to be with him. Her situation becomes worse when her father marries a disgusting woman with two daughters who are vague and evil. She is still determined to break the curse and love Prince Char, but at this point it doesn't look to well for Ella. A book loosely based on the Cinderella story, Ella Enchanted is full of twists and turns. Not to mention giants, ogres and fairies. I would recommend this book to those who love fantasy that isn't over the top. And those who enjoy a little romance now and then.