ELLA ENCHANTED
BY GAIL CARSON LEVINE
Summary……………………………….2
About the Author………………………3
Book Review…………………………..4
Discussion Questions………………...6
Author Interview……………………….8
Further Reading……………………….11
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SUMMARY
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Ella is cursed with obedience at birth by a foolish fairy named Lucinda.
When she is six years old, her mother dies. Before she dies, her
mother orders her never to tell anyone about the curse. The only one
who know is Mandy, a fairy who is the family cook and friend to Ella
and her mother. At her mother's funeral, Ella meets Char, a prince
who had admired her mother.
Ella's father is a merchant who doesn't see Ella much. He remarries
Dame Olga and she brings her two daughters to live with them. Ella's
father sees how clumsy she is, and orders her off to finishing school
with Dame Olga's two mean daughters, Hattie and Olive.
Hattie is clever, and figures out that Ella must do whatever she is told.
Ella wants to be free from the curse, and so she escapes finishing
school once she hears of a giant's wedding which she thinks Lucinda
will attend. She encounters elves and ogres on the way, and is saved
by Prince Char.
When she arrives at the wedding, she tries to get Lucinda to take the
curse back. Lucinda refuses, so Ella has to find her own way of lifting
the curse before she loses someone she loves.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and has been writing all her life.
Her first book for children, ELLA ENCHANTED, was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book.
Levine's other books include Dave At Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book
for Young Adults; THE WISH; THE TWO PRINCESSES OF BAMARRE; and her Princess
Tales books: THE PRINCESS TEST, THE FAIRY'S MISTAKE, PRINCESS SONORA AND THE
LONG SLEEP, CINDERELLIS AND THE GLASS HILL, FOR BIDDLE'S SAKE and THE FAIRY'S
RETURN. She is also the author of t