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Summary: A Great Fantasy
Review: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine is a great book to read. This book is about a guy named Ellis who sleeps in a shed, and one night he captured three horses, and uses them in a contest. The contest took place in an enchanted field. He had to climb a glass hill on his horse, and the first one to make it up there, gets to marry the princess. The author, Gail Carson Levine, has many styles. She writes long and short sentences, and touches you imagination. I think everyone should read this book. I gave this book five stars because it is a great book that touches your imagination.
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Summary: A more interesting hero
Review: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill was much better than "The Princess Test" (another Gail Carson Levine novel) because the main characters have some dimension to them. Ellis is a very likeable character but an outcast in his family. He seems desperate for the attention of his shallow, almost comically dumb brothers. When one of the fields is totally decimated by a mysterious event and he's the only one willing to make an effort to understand in hopes of winning their adolation. The build up of Ellis confronting the mysterious event is done pretty well, and makes this an enjoyable story. The subplots are pretty funny. King Humphrey, playing the classic male, wants to find The Thing that will make his daughter Marigold happy. He is constantly going on quests whose results are always less than what he hoped. For example, while hunting for the Goose that Lays Golden Eggs, he returns with the Turkey that Lays Tin Eggs. Also recommended: Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, For Biddle's Sake.
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Summary: A more interesting hero
Review: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill was much better than "The Princess Test" (another Gail Carson Levine novel) because the main characters have some dimension to them. Ellis is a very likeable character but an outcast in his family. He seems desperate for the attention of his shallow, almost comically dumb brothers. When one of the fields is totally decimated by a mysterious event and he's the only one willing to make an effort to understand in hopes of winning their adolation. The build up of Ellis confronting the mysterious event is done pretty well, and makes this an enjoyable story. The subplots are pretty funny. King Humphrey, playing the classic male, wants to find The Thing that will make his daughter Marigold happy. He is constantly going on quests whose results are always less than what he hoped. For example, while hunting for the Goose that Lays Golden Eggs, he returns with the Turkey that Lays Tin Eggs. Also recommended: Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, For Biddle's Sake.
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Summary: CINDERELLIS
Review: Cinderellis is another one of Gail Carson Levine's magical fairy-tale master pieces, and every bit of this story is enjoyable.
In a twist of the two tales of "The Golden Goose" and "Cinderella" (with a few others swirlled in also!); Cinderellis is a wonderful story of a young boy named Ellis who is considered a dunce in his family because instead of making up words, like his two elder brothers, he likes to tell jokes and think-up powders to make things grow, float, and things like that.
While Ellis is being re-named 'Cinderellis' by his brother's in hope to be friends, a young princess named Marigold is feeling a bit lonely herself. Her father, King Hurumph, travels to find rare and interesting things to put into the castle museum and to entertain his daughter, but always ends up finding the excat oppisite of what he wanted to find! Marigold, though, only wants her father just to be there and spend time with her, but he keeps on insisting that he will find her something-or-another to make her happy. For now, Marigold must confine to be friends with her kitten instead... Read this book and you'll find out how three horses, a glass hill, golden apples and sticking powder will rid them of their loneliness once and for all!
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Summary: Ho hum
Review: Easily the best of this series, but not so good nonetheless. I am a big 'Ella Enchanted' fan, and as such expect more of Levine. The characters in this retelling of Cinderella are more likeable and the plot follows better. But nonethless, the book comes across as very frivolous, even for its target audience. I applaud Levine for giving readers a more active heroine (and hero). This is a good one to read once, or to read to children.
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Summary: Motivate young girls to read with these amazing fairy tales!
Review: Gail Carson Levine continues to write great books, though she should write a few more long books, I am perfectly happy to have these short humorous books about girl power integrated with commen fairy tales. These books have motivated my cousin to read when she would not read anything else but these books. If you have a stubborn little girl at home that won't read, but loves fairy tales, give her one of the prinncess tales or read one together. I hope that they will love this book as much as I did. I loved Cinderellis and the Glass Hill and Prinncess Sonora and the Long Sleep the best, but the others were great too.
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Summary: cute and funny
Review: I love the Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine. Cinderellis was a sweet, light version of Cinderella that was funny and touching at the same time. Cinderellis is a clever inventor who is ignored by his two brothers. Marigold is a princess whose father is always off on quests for one thing or another. When it is time for Marigold to marry, though, her father is prevented from going on a quest for the perfect husband. So, he contructs a very slippery glass hill that Marigold will sit on. The man who can climb the hill will be Marigold's bride. The romantic parts are sweet and innocent and hilariously funny at the same time. Levine does a marvelous job of weaving humor into fairy tales.
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Summary: a kid's point of view
Review: I would have given Cinderellis and the Glass Hill 10 stars if I could! IT IS WONDERFUL! In my opinion it's is even better than Ella Enchanted! It is a great book with a terrific sense of humor! Cinderellis and the Glass Hill is hillarious (especially when first read)!This book is Gail Carson Levine's best book yet! (and thats saying something because she writes REALLY good books). I (in case you havn't noticed) highly recomend this book.
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Summary: The first honest review
Review: Part of Gail Carson Levine's new "Princess Tales" series, this title in the series is just as much about the prince. Cinderellis, boy inventor, is lonely because his brothers have bonded and exclude and discredit him at every turn, while Princess Marigold confides to her cat how lonely she is, because her father is always off on quests. Their stories are told in alternating chapters as the years pass. On the year the king is determined to quest for a son-in-law, he is cursed by an imp and the suitors must come to the palace. Cinderellis, who has captured 3 magnificent horses that conveniently come with a suit of armor, enters the contest to climb a glass hill to get to get the Princess.
The story is charming, and Levine's unique blend of humor (in one scene, the king quests for a goose that lays golden eggs, but returns with a turkey that lays tin ones) and practicality (Cinderellis' horse treats contain horse chestnuts, among other things) make a powerful invention.
The volume is attractively packaged in a slim petite butter yellow library bound book, with delicate scrollwork decorating the cover. The cover picture looks too "Disney" for my taste, and the prince inside is a Leonardo DiCaprio look alike.
Readers familiar with fairy tales will get the most out of Levine's twisting of common fairy tale elements. Although not as stellar as her awarding-winning Ella Enchanted, this is a fun book that will find an audience in fans of fractured fairy tales.
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Summary: Sweet and sure to be popular
Review: Part of Gail Carson Levine's new "Princess Tales" series, this title in the series is just as much about the prince. Cinderellis, boy inventor, is lonely because his brothers have bonded and exclude and discredit him at every turn, while Princess Marigold confides to her cat how lonely she is, because her father is always off on quests. Their stories are told in alternating chapters as the years pass. On the year the king is determined to quest for a son-in-law, he is cursed by an imp and the suitors must come to the palace. Cinderellis, who has captured 3 magnificent horses that conveniently come with a suit of armor, enters the contest to climb a glass hill to get to get the Princess.
The story is charming, and Levine's unique blend of humor (in one scene, the king quests for a goose that lays golden eggs, but returns with a turkey that lays tin ones) and practicality (Cinderellis' horse treats contain horse chestnuts, among other things) make a powerful invention.
The volume is attractively packaged in a slim petite butter yellow library bound book, with delicate scrollwork decorating the cover. The cover picture looks too "Disney" for my taste, and the prince inside is a Leonardo DiCaprio look alike.
Readers familiar with fairy tales will get the most out of Levine's twisting of common fairy tale elements. Although not as stellar as her awarding-winning Ella Enchanted, this is a fun book that will find an audience in fans of fractured fairy tales.
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