Ella Enchanted

anthony mazzuca said Enchanting Ride From Start to Finish. Doing a fairy tail reimagining can be a slippery slope as your in danger of falling into a straight retelling which no one really wants to read. We want a unique spin on a story we know well. Ella Enchanted does a great job of managing this, save for the end which felt exactly the same as the original tale. That one knock aside, the author adds so many newer elements that one misstep isn't that big a deal. In fact, aside from the last few chapters, the. For a young reader who hates reading I hated reading as a child. I struggled making sense of every sentence and read only what was required of me in school. In 7th grade I stumbled upon this gem that changed how I would view reading forever. I loved the world Gail Carson Levine created, and the strength of her main character in the face of every challenge she faced has remained with me as an adult. If you have a young resistant reader, pick this up. If he or she still resists, get the aud. Original Retelling of a Classic Fairytale! Ryrhynkah M I must say that overall I was quaintly pleased with this bittersweet fairy tale. A fairy put a spell on Ella at birth, making her obey any command given to her. The book follows Ella through the ups and downs of her life after the death of her mother and her quest to break her awful curse. The story starts out original and unpredictable, however it gradually comes to resemble another well-known fairy tale until at the very end it is entirely revealed t

In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

Ella Enchanted has won many well-deserved awards, including a Newbery Honor. But her intelligence and saucy nature keep her in good stead as she sets out on a quest for freedom and self-discovery, trying to track down Lucinda to undo the curse, fending off ogres, befriending elves, and falling in love with a prince along the way. Gail Carson Levine's examination of traditional female roles in fairy tales takes some satisfying twists and deviations from the original. At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the "gift" of obedience. Anything