Ella Enchanted

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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: This is a wonderful Cinderella like fairytale! Hilariously funny and very adventursome! Gail Carson Levine is a great writer, she can always make you feel like you're going along with the characters on their marvelous adventures! I reccomend this book to all young adults.

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Summary: The five star book
Review: I thought the book was going to be about a witch. It's actually about a girl under a spell and she finally breaks it. My favorite part was when the prince and Ella slid down the stair rail and was caught by Ella's dad. I also liked the ending because everyone lived happily ever after, except Ella's stepmother and her mean stepsisters. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I hope you do too!

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Summary: A great tale
Review: _Ella Enchanted_ is a wonderful retelling of Cinderella. Ella is a girl cursed at birth to always be obedient (quite dangerous in a world of ogres and horrid stepsisters). The book follows Ella through her quest to find the fairy who bespelled her, through her friendship/romance with Prince Char, and her resourcefulness and courage in breaking the spell.

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Summary: If you haven't read this book, buy it Right now!
Review: Gail Carson Levineis the most brilliant and best author I have ever read, and everyone I know agrees! I guarentee that you'll love it. If you have never read this book, a quick summary: This book is another version of Cinderella, but the best version. Ella's much loved mother dies and her father is an unloving greedy merchant. Ella, her mother, and her cook Mandy (Ella's fairy god-mother) are the only ones who know about the spell of obedience put on Ella at her birth by Lucinda, a crazy fairy. Ella is sent of to finishing school with her evil soon to be step-sisters, but really wants to get rid of her evil spell. Her friendship with the prince, Char, grows throughout the book. There are a couple of parts that were really sad, but it ended up happy! I recommend this book to who ever I can, but mostly to 10-16 year old girls! This was the first (and favorite book) my sister read over 200 pages. If you are thinking of buying this for someone, please, buy it, you won't regret it!

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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: I really liked this book, and I think anyone would enjoy reading it. It always kept me wondering what would happen next. I couldn't put it down!! I would recommend this book to anybody, especially someone who loves to read fantasy books. Even if you don't, you would enjoy this book. A must read!

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Summary: Enchanted!
Review: A charming retelling of the Cinderella story, "Ella Enchanted" explains several of the more touchy points of that legend in a fun, intelligent, suspenseful and romantic way that makes the book a real page-turner. Why, for example, did Cinderella never just up and leave her rotten situation? Ms. Levine posits that unbeknownst to the brother Grimm, little baby Ella was under a curse to always obey - everything from "Eat your peas" to "Jump off a bridge." The romantic element, promising love based on looks, Ms. Levine rectifies by acquainting Prince Charmont and Ella early on. Also incorporating intelligent language, good worldbuilding, a bestiary of mythical animals, and two fairy godmothers, Ella Enchanted is a sweet romp through Fairy Tales' most common story. A delightful read for every age!

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Summary: Ella Enchanted is so wonderful!
Review: I own this book and have read it...well, lets say more than once. I just love it. It is a Cinderalla story, but with much more. Gail Carson Levine wrote this book with wonderful phrases and a great story. It has both romantic and funny bits. I reccomend this book for anyone who likes "fairy tales with a twist". Just so you know, in case you're read her other books...If you didn't like them so much don't let that stop you from reading this one. It is much better (in my opinion) and, overall, a well written book.

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Summary: Why Cinderella was such a WIMP
Review: My 10-year-old son brought this book home from the school library, and we enjoyed reading it together (so it's not just for girls). I thought it was a great retelling of Cinderella and included the one thing no other storyteller has covered: "Why was Cinderella such a WIMP?" Levine's possible explanation (a fairy's "gift" of obedience) is imaginative and well thought out. She also surrounded her characters with a wonderful world to inhabit. Although it was definitely written for younger readers, I enjoyed it, too. This is a book that needs to be in every fairy-tale-loving little girl's library. It's a wonderful counterpoint to wimpy "someday my prince will come" fare. Ella is a strong female character. I wish there were more of them.

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Summary: Love at first sight, but not at second
Review: I loved Ella Enchanted, the writing was excellent and the characters were good, too. It answered some questions about Cinderella. However, under closer eyes, Ella Enchanted revealed a real flaw. Ella made unrealistic decisions. I think that Levine made the book this way because she needed these decisions for the ending. Furthermore, this book is charming but not much else. However, it is good and you should read it.

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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: Ella Enchanted has got to be my favorite book of all time. It contains all of the basic needs of a fairy tale, and more. Ella is a more down-to-earth girl than Cinderella in the Disney movie. She has feelings, dreams, fantasies, and characteristics that can help any normal girl relate. Although I am older than the reading level is said to be, I believe that any girl, young or old, would absolutely love this book. Every time I reread it, I discover new surprises that I hadn't noticed before. I have, however, not read the other books by Gail Carson Levine, but if they are not as good as Ella Enchanted, I'll beg her to write another book as magnificent as my favorite book of all time, Ella Enchanted.