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Summary: An "Enchanted" book!
Review: This is the most wonderful book I've ever read. It takes you back to places of your childhood fantasies, where you now have told yourself you are to grown up to go. My best friend and I talk about this book all the time ( it's her favorite too.) This is an uplifting, wonderful book.
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Summary: Ella's Enchanting!
Review: Ella's not like normal girls, and it's not becasue she's a strong feisty girl. It's becasue she was cursed with the "gift" of obedience. What ever she is asked to do, she must do it. And when she's sent to live with her evil stepmother and stepsisters they quite enjoy her gift. This book is filled with mystery, magic and handsom princess. And it's a good example of a well- written up-graded fairy tale. If yo llike fantasy I think you should read this book. Mother Goose would be proud.
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Summary: Totally awesome
Review: I read this book first in seventh grade for a book report (we had to choose from a list). Right away I went and bought my own copy and have read it dozens of times since. I think this is such a great twist on the old Cinderella story with a special "Anything's Possible" message. I am hoping to get a hardcover edition because my paperback is wasted. :)
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Summary: Better than Cinderella
Review: Ella Enchanted is one of those few times when the spinoff is actually better than the original. Much better. Everything's topsy-turvy: Ella's dad is alive and as crooked and greedy as ever; the fairy godmother, Mandy, is an old, peppery, plain woman who cooks for Ella's family; Ella, with her stepsisters, are sent to a lady's prep school; and the stepfamily, though mean and wicked, is hilariously funny and stupid. The book is set in a different kingdom, where ogres, dwarves, giants, and vain, unwittingly mischievous fairies roam free. In fact, it's due to one of these fairies, Lucinda, that Ella is in trouble. Ella was cursed (not blessed) by a spell of Lucinda's that makes her obey any command given to her. It's a weakness that her mean stepfamily use to their advantage, but sadder still, it's a curse that keeps Ella from the person she loves, Prince Charmont (a.k.a. Char. Because of these conflicts, Ella sets on a journey to track down the troublesome Lucinda, right old wrongs, and maybe try to live happily ever after.
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Summary: This book entranced me
Review: I totaly fell for this book. It has a memerable plot with a great end. In a land with fairys, ogres, queen's and kings. She had a terrible curse bestowed on her when she was less then a day old. Her Mother dies and she hardly knows her father much less likes him. Read about her and go with her to finishing school with the torments of her stepsister Hattie. Watch her become a slave in her own house. And in the end something wonderful happens. I have read this over three times and I never tire of it. I highly recomend this book.
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Summary: Ella Enchanted is Enchanting!
Review: I read this book on recommendation, and it was SOOOO worth while! I have read it four times, and parts of it. I did a report on it in 6th grade, and I got an A. I really enjoyed it. Who wouldn't? It has a plot, and at the end it resembles the better Cinderella that you always hoped was there. I absolutely fell in love with Ella, and through all of her bad times I felt the want she had for something better. I remember the night I first finished it, I layed in bed smiling at the ceiling, thinking about it and thinking about it over and over. At the end the worst possible happens, but she comes out ontop in a beautiful story. I felt so happy for her, because after all of her trials and all of her hard work, she finally gets what she wants.
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Summary: A Fantastic Book!
Review: We probably all grew up with the story of Cinderelle stuck in our heads, right? Maybe I'm wrong, but Gail Carson Levine really has the best version of this story of a girl who's mother dies and her father remarries a nasty stepmother who has to terrible daughters, know to Ella as stepsisters. If you seek fairies, trolls, enchantments, or just a thrilling adventure, this is the book for you. I've read it four times in just one week, it was really hard to get enough of it, I can't wait to read it again, and again, and again. I really recomend that you purchase this book!
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Summary: An amazing book!
Review: This book was wonderful. It was witty,humorus, and scary. I thought Ella was a great lead character in the story. Ms.Levine made me feel like I was Ella experiancing everything that was happening. I love how Ms.Levine wove out the words like a tapestry on the wall. I felt everything with Ella I laughed with her and cried with her. I loved the ending and everything that happened. This is a great book for people of all ages and would be a delight to read over and over again. I am amazed at how Ms.Levine is such a talented author. This is a GREAT book for people who love Harry Potter. I know rank Levine in my top 5 authors. I can't wait to get my hands on more things she writes. This is on of the greatest books and I hope everyone reads it.
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Summary: ...Wow!
Review: That's all I can say.... I'm a big reader and I know many languages to satisfy my needs. I know that this was a children's book.... Or so I thought.... I got it to read to my students. And... Wow! At the start, you learn why the curse she is on is bad, but through the story, she get's into pretty dangerous situations. And when the other characters find out.... I felt to mad when Hattie took advantage of Ella, that I really did, for the first time ever reading a book, playing a Video game, watching a movie, wanted to go into the book and slap her across the face. I wanted to do it so many times to characters who did that too her. And wanted to scream at Ella for the stupid things she did. when her heart broke, my heart borke and I wanted to scream at her for doing it to herself and me! This book really got me and I couldn't do anything about it! You should get this book. Even if you have the smallest spark of interest in it. I got it only because one of my students saw it at a the library and said if I could read it to her, since I deal with little kids. Wow! I mean, I like fantasy and mythical things, but this... Wow! You won't regret getting this. I read at least once a month, each time, wishing that she would do things differently! I even had some of my older students write parodies of this book! Really fun! and the little ones illustrate for the older kids. And sometimes I switch! Every year, for about 2 or 3 years, all of my students have loved this book and ordered it through book fairs and so on! This is one that could very well be the best book ever!
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Summary: A fairytale classic made even better!
Review: Embellishing on the original tale of Cinderella, Gail Levine has written an imaginative and touching story - a classic in its own right. While the traditional fairytale focuses on the magical rags-to-riches transformation of a scullery maid into a princess, Levine's heroine is very real in both her defeats and her triumphs. Ella is a wonderful character whose unwavering sense of humor and refusal to succumb make her an endearing heroine whom the reader eagerly follows through her journeys. The friendship that she shares with Prince Char, her struggles to break the curse placed on her at birth, the pain and the joy that she feels at each turn of events are drawn with a clarity and poignant charm that make this a unique story all its own. There is, of course, glass slippers, a ball, the pumpkin coach - but this story goes far beyond the original to become something more. It is not just about one magical night that makes a servant into a princess; it is about the life of a girl who is more than what she seems and has only to realize it for herself to make her wishes come true.Ella Enchanted is a wonderful story for readers of all ages, and there is an amazing depth to this tale that cannot help but make you think. Despite the omnipresent existence of magic and the whimsical creatures that include everything from gnomes and elves to giants and ogres, the focus of the story is very real. We are, each of us, a little bit like Ella - struggling to be who we are while everything around us tries to make us otherwise. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who loves fairytales and children's books - especially to anyone who loves the story of Cinderella.
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