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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: Utterly Enchanting Read for All Ages!
Review: There's a terribly interesting subgenre that's dedicated to retelling the classic Fairy Tales, led by such notables as Robin McKinley and Mary Jo Napoli, but as marvellous as those "adult" retellings are, "Ella Enchanted" - a supposedly children's-only book - manages to capture all the romance, all the danger, and all the wit in a lighter field and do so excellently.Cursed at birth with the geas to "always obey," young Ella is at the tender mercy of every command from, "Eat your dinner," to "Jump off a bridge." Levine plays on this point excellently, building nerve-wracking scenes off of this seemingly harmless curse. Amazingly, the whole Cinderella story works far better for this single addition (consider: why didn't Cinderella in the Perrault and other versions just LEAVE?), but Levine adds more. Two fairy godmothers are in attendance; Prince Charmont (aptly named) dances attendance from the first; ogres, goblins, fairies and giants abound (each with their own language! Admirable indeed!); and, surprisingly, a goodly part of the novel is done in epistolary form! Add to *this* witty, intelligent language, and beautiful worldbuilding and one has but a small idea of the joy of this book. The combination of so many new elements might trip a lesser author up, but Levine's "Ella Enchanted" moves along at a clip pace, and most assuredly deserves the term, "page-turner." Lovers of high and traditional fantasy, dabblers in Fairy Tales old and retold, children's literature enthusiasts, romantics and adventurers would all do well to seek out and read this book. Appropriate for all ages - a sheer delight to read!
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Summary: miss o ella enchanted audio book
Review: miss o, since you made our class listen to an audio book, i chose to do Ella Enchanted. i finished listening to this book in just 2 days because it was that good. basically it was about a girl named Ella who recieves a special gift from a fairy. well, this gift was obediance. if someone commanded her to do anything, even if it ment killing her self she had to do it. throughout the book she tries to find this fairy to ask her to take away this spell. while she was looking she fell in love with a prince named Char. Char kept asking her to marry him but she kept refusing because anytime someone gets married that same fairy is there to give the newly weds a gift which was always bad. but anyway when she finally found the fairy, the fairy refused to take it away because she thought that the gifts were wonderful until Ella told her to become obediant. when the fairy came back she realized that her gifts were horible but she still wouldnt take her gift back. all she said was that there is a way to break it yourself.so what was Ella to do? marry the prince? was she ever going to be released from this spell and live a normal life? read Ella Enchanted or go to the movies to see it and find out. my opinion of this book is that it was great. i cant wait to see the movei. it had fairy tales, it was fiction and it was adventurous. i would recommend this book to anyone. from JESSICA C.
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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: A Cinderella story to remember!
Review: Ella is under a curse from a foolish fairy. She has to do whatever anyone commands her to do. Her mother and the cook are the only ones who understand. When Ella's mother dies she finds out her cook is her fairy godmother. At her mothers funeral Ella meets a prince who becomes her friend, but is unable to tell him of her curse because her mother commanded her not to. Ella is sent to finishing school with a girl who hates Ella, and figured out her curse. She makes Ella do things that she doesn't want to do. Ella runs away in search of the one person who can lift the curse. In the meanwhile Ella's father marries the mother of Ella's foe! Will Ella ever be cured of her curse? How will life be like with her mother and stepsisters? I read this book in one day because I couldn't put it down. To find out what happens to Ella, and the prince, you MUST read this book!
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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.
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