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Summary: Modern Cinderella
Review: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is a fairy tale about Ella of Frell who has been given a "gift" of obedience by a fairy. Ella constantly was made to do things against her will. She tried breaking the curse many times, but her efforts were fruitless. Ella ran into many obstacles in her life, such as her mother passing away and her father remarrying, being in the finishing school with her stepsisters, and meeting magical characters like gnomes, ogres and giants. It was not until her adventures brought her to numerous encounters with Prince Charmont, Ella's curse was broken by the magical powers of love.
Ella Enchanted is a modern fantasy novel and is very easy to read. The language that Gail Carson Levine uses is very descriptive and paints a precise picture. The reader is constantly wondering where the next adventure will bring Ella.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading fairy tales. When I started to read this novel, I could not put it down until I was finished. The story completely submerges you into the world of magic and supernatural characters. Ella Enchanted is for all ages to read and enjoy.
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Summary: This is the Greatest book on Earth!!!!!
Review: I have probably read Ella Enchanted a million times! I have like 5 copies of it cause they keep getting worn out! I first found Ella in 7th grade at a book fair and I have loved it ever since. This book is perfect, it has everything a good story should have, and I have yet to find any other book (except Harry Potter) which exceeds Ella's greatness. This book doesn't sound written it sounds like it was born. Like Ella is a real person, as close to you as your best friend. I still read this book occasionally when I need an emotional pick-me-up. Everyone, and I mean everyone should read this book. BUY THIS BOOK!!! In fact buy a few cause you'll read it so many times you will definetly need the extras!!!
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Summary: Incredible Quest
Review: Gail Carson Levine's Ella is a young strong willed girl who has been given an unfortunate curse of obedience. Ella's intellegence and saucy nature keeps her in good stead as she sets out on a quest to break the curse once and for all. Along the way Ella has many adventures that keep you on the edge of your seat. She meets up with ogres, befriends elves, and even falls in love!
Gail Carson Levine uses realistic dialogue in Ella Enchanted to really make Ella's character come alive. She also uses understatement in her novel because she does not just come out and tell the reader that Ella is suppose to be Cinderella. Gail Carson Levine trusts the reader to figure it out on their own. She also uses a varitey of sentence lengths in Ella Enchanted.
If you enjoy fairytales and using your imagination, Ella Enchanted is the novel for you! Ella's intelligent and spunky nature helps to deepen and enrich an original tale of overcoming all obstacles and more importantly falling in love.
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Summary: This book deserves more than 5 stars!!!!!!!1
Review: Ella Enchanted. That has to be THE best book I have ever read! (And it's one of the few "I" books [books that are told by the main character] that I have enjoyed)The book opens with Ella taking about her "blessing" of obedience. Even if she was ordered to cook herself, Ella must do it, she had no choice. After her mother's death Ella's father sends her off to finishing school so that she won't embarass him in front of other people, but not before she makes friends with Prince Charmont, the heir to the throne. As this retold story of Cinderella unflods, it turns out to be an astonishing book. It happens to be my favorite book, maybe it'll turn out to be your's too!
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Summary: For thinking girls and the mothers who love them . . .
Review: Ella Enchanted is itself an excellent book - and my daughters and I loved it so much that they choose it as their listening for our long summer vacation drive. We've now listened to the tapes twice through! The reading is lively and spirited, the young reader's voice could indeed be Ella - which is important as the story is in first person. I'm so glad they had a young performer read this! It was fun to hear her interpretations of the different languages of the various races and countries in the story, also. You can't go wrong with this purchase.
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Summary: My favorite book
Review: Ella Enchanted is simply the best book I've ever read. My sister first read it and then had me read it. We both loved it. She has read it 6-7 times now. I have had many of my relatives and friends read it, and all have said it is a great book. May everyone read it! It is now a part of the true American culture, just like Disney movies. This may be a childrens' book, but don't let that stop you from reading it.
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Summary: Cinderella No Way
Review: This girl isn't Cinderella she's Ella Enchanted. She has to obey every comand she is told. Plus there is a prince in the story which gives it a completly new twist. Every turn the book makes is headed strait for bad news but all's well that ends well and it sure does.
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Summary: I loved the details
Review: I have read this book two times. It is one of the most adventurous and exciting books I have ever read. This book has lots of details and the characters are really funny and interesting (especially Ella).
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Summary: Ella Enchanted book review
Review: Ella Enchanted is an excellent novel about a 13 year old girl named, Ella. Her determination to beat a curse that was put on her as a little girl is strong and makes the story interesting and a page turner.
Ella's so called 'gift' is that of obedience. Anything she is told to do she must obey! She looses her mother and must learn to love a father to whom she is not close. At her mother's funeral she meets Prince Charmont and becomes good friends with him. They do many things together such as go to the royal zoo. There, they keep exotic birds that can talk!! Ella is excellent at memorizing languages. She can talk to allsorts of fairy tale creatures! Ella is determined to find the evil fairy that put such a curse on her, Lucinda, so she may undo it. Although it may not be that easy. Along the way she has many adventures to keep you on the edge of your seat. She meets up with ogres, befriends elves, and falls in love.
Her fairy godmother, and the family cook, becomes a substitute care taker and friend when her mother dies. When her father finds out about his daughter becoming a lady by the way of a cook he sends her off to finishing school with her soon to be step sisters. They are not only mean and obnoxious, but spoiled and conceded. Her father marries the mother of the girls who is just as horrible if not worse than the daughters. Since her father is away on his demanding business of trade she is stuck with her bossy step sisters and wretched step mother. She is made a slave in her own house!
This fantasy novel is fabulous and exciting to read. I award it 4 stars out of 5 because it could be a little slow at times, but very rarely. Gail Carson Levine's re-telling of the classic fairy tale Cinderella is magnificent! The imagery you will get will be astonishing and the detail is well thought out and invoking. Gail Carson Levine has an imagination of a 5 year old child! I recommend this book for the ages 8-13, but if you like Cinderella this book is a MUST READ!!!
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Summary: Words aren't enough
Review: I have read many, many books, and many, many different variety of books from the time I was 5 to the present. But none of them compare to the thrill, love, and beauty of Ella Enchanted. Ms. Levine catches the spirit of a sassy, spunky, brave girl which very few authors can do. It is a skill that few possess. I have lost count of how many times i have read this book at the tenth time. And yet this book still intrigues me in a way no other book can and will. No one can capture the story of Ella ever again as Ms. Levine did. This is a classic that I think every parent, child, adult, teenager, boy, girl, man, and woman should have in their library. No matter the age or gender. This will always be my favorite book as I grow and I will introduce it to my children and their children. The adventures, humor, and the love story will keep this book around for a long time. This is a novel, a novel with so much feeling in words that words itself cannot describe
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