Ella Enchanted (rack)

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Summary: NOTHING SPECIAL, it deserves 4 1/2 stars, not quite 5
Review: My friend loaned this book to me cuz "it was SO, SO good!!" I thought it was good. Good, mind you, not great or good 1/2, just good. It was just to ordianary & to, well, uninteresting. This retelling of Cinderella was better then the original. I'd read this book again, but this was nothing special.

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Summary: AwEsomee !
Review: This book "Ella Enchanted" was awesome. It just got better & better. Ella, a headstrong cooks helper, has a curse of obedience, meant as a gift. She must do whatever it is people order her to do.
Her mother dies, and Ella must go to finishing school. She runs away and nearly gets eaten by ogres. As you see, this book has a bit of a fairy tale whirlwind to it. After defeating the wicked stepmother and step sisters, Ella gets her Prince Charming and lives happily ever after

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Summary: The original, the best fairy tale re-telling
Review: I didn't read "Ella Enchanted" until I was sixteen or so, and I fell in love with it. Anyone who's steering clear of this book because of its "12-14" age bracket is missing out! "Ella" clears up some questions one might have had about the original "Cinderella" tale, such as, Why on earth did Cinderella tolerate the rotten treatment she received from her stepfamily? Gail Carson Levine explains it: she was under a spell to be obedient! Also, the love story is much more satisfying and (sigh!) romantic than the typical, "love at first sight at the ball" storyline. We watch Ella and Char (get it? prince CHARming?? ) fall in love, are given the reasons each has for loving the other, understand why Ella ran away from the ball (it wasn't because she was afraid of her dress turning into rags). Gail Carson Levine took a story that people loved for the basic fairy-tale premise and added the details, personalities, and information to make it one that people love for the story's sake, not just because it is a "Cinderella story".

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Summary: Ella Enchanted!!!
Review: Ella Enchanted is one of, if not my favorite book. It far exceeds Gail Carson Levines other books, it is simply wonderful. It is a fanasty but isn't really wierd like fanastys sometimes get. I have read this book nearly 20 times, that is not an exageration. You will love this book if you have any taste in books at all.

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Summary: The most Enchanted Fairy Tale
Review: I absolutely fell in love with Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted. After the first couple of chapters, you just have to keep turning the next page until you finish this book !!! Gail Carson Levine really knows how to keep her readers hooked! Ireally think that if you're a person who's not very interested in books, that Ella Enchanted will make you book crazy. One of the things that really caught my attention was the fact that Ella was always trying to solve a problem. Whether it was getting rid of a curse, or escaping from hungry ogres, Ella always had some kind of adventure.

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Summary: I love this book!!
Review: I thought Ella Enchanted was great. I stayed up until 11:00 on Friday night just to read the ending. This book is basically a backwards Cinderella. It's about a girl named Ella who was born with a curse of obedience. When Ella was 13 her mother died and her father married a woman named Dame Olga who has two girls that adore Ella. Soon before her father's wedding Ella met Prince Charmont. Ella Enchanted is a great fantasy with a touch of romance. Ella Enchanted never left me bored. It is full of enchantments. I have always loved the classic Cinderella and Ella Enchanted is a great new version. All of the things that Ella goes through really make this book exiting and surprising. I could hardly put the book down!

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Summary: Enchanting
Review: At her birth, Ella is blessed with a gift from a fairy; the gift of obedience. Yet is this a blessing or a curse? Ella must do everything and anything anyone tells her to do ranging from "Ella, tell me a story" to "Ella, go live with the man eating ogres."
In this new fangled version of Cinderella, Levine gives Cinders a makeover and makes a new classic of her own.Yet in this version, will she get the guy, or will she do her ugly sister's biddind forever?
I read this book about once every two months and it is fabulous every time. Great characters and imaginative quirks to the regular story line make this a must read. It deserves all the stars in the sky!
if you like this one, also check out Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech.

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Summary: Ella Enchanted that book
Review: Ella Enchanted is a book by Gail Carson Levine. The book is about a young girl named Ella who at birth was the recipiant of a foolish fairys gift. The gift Ells recieved is the gift of obedience. If Ella is told to do something she must do it. Being the girl she is she refuses to just comply every time. She is determined to break the curse. In this book you will meet princes, orges, giants, wicked step sisters, and fairy godmothers. This book is sort of like Cinderella. It has the prince and the ball but it also has alot of things Cinderella didn't.
Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and has been writing all of her life. She wrote poetry as a high school student and even got published. Her and her husband David worked together on a childrens musical that was produced in Brooklyn. As of now she lives in a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse in Brewster, New York, with her husband and thier Airedale, Jake.
This book is a wonderful book for many reasons. Almost every chapter ends with a wonderfully worded cliff hanger. There is also a small portion of romance to the book. The action in it is very exciting and keeps the pages turning. This book makes you feel as if you were there. Gail Levine did an amazing job in writing this book she used great wording and that element of action and romance.
There isn't really anything in this book I would change. Truthfully I think it is really good like it is.
If I were to suggest an audience this book would be great for childeren from about 8 years old to 17 or so. thank you for reading and if you were thinking of buying this book I suggest you do. It is a great book that you will love.

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Summary: Cinderella With a Twist
Review: Gail Carson Levine creatively writes a fantasy story that takes place in the mystical land of Frell. Ella, the main character of the story has been given the "gift" of obedience by a fairy named Lucinda. The characters and setting in the story are unique in their own right but are not believeable. The characters are not believeable because they are unrealistic life forms such as elves and gnomes. The theme is well developed throughout the story. The theme is a combination of bravery, selflessness, obedience, and perserverance. There is also a suprise observation that pops up in the story. That observation is that Ella gains her obedience back.
I really enjoyed this book. Coming from a male's point of view, it was enjoyable for me. It reminded me of the famous fairy tale Cinderella. This book is best suited for readers at the middle elementary school level. The book gives the reader insight into what it is like to regain something valuable that they lost in the past.

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Summary: Ella Enchanted
Review: Ella Enchanted was a simply wonderful book. I really enjoyed it. It's about a girl who has a curse- or really it's supposed to be a gift. The gift was the gift of obedience. Ella isalways obedient. She absolutely HAS to obey an order. She tries not to, but she has to after a few minutes. This is a fantasy adventure woven into a twisted version of Cinderella. It has a touch of romance as you can guess as well. It was really good, and you can't put it down!
Read it! You'll like it!