Ella Enchanted | Ella Enchanted

To me, it's a CLASSIC! | Ella Enchanted | Gail Levine

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	• Ella Enchanted Gail Levine Scholastic, 1997 - 232 pages average customer review:based on 1171 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Cute retelling of Cinderella

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine has been out for many years and even a movie has been made which I have watched as well. But, I haven't read this book until now. It was a delightful book, cute and funny. I haven't watched the movie in quite some time, but from memory, there are lots of differences. Ella Enchanted is a re-telling of Cinderella (Cinder ella get it? took me almost the end of the book to see that.) The story of Cinderella never tells why Cinderella does everything her step sisters and step mother tells her too, I mean why didn't she just run away from it all? But, Ella Enchanted gives a reason to why Ella stays and does all of their bidding. Ella Enchanted even has the glass slippers and pumpkin stagecoach which I don't think the movie had. I think the movie strayed more from the Cinderella aspect of it and went more toward Ella's obedience.

When Ella was a baby, she was gifted obedience and must do whatever anyone has order of her. Ella didn't let this gift bring her down. She was defiant to her gift, if her cook told her to bring her almonds Ella would bring her two. She would find ways to defy the gift. When Ella's mother dies things go down hill for her but she meets Prince Char and starts a relationship with him. It is a cute story between her and Char. But, after a while, Ella's father must remarry and Ella moves in with her Stepmother and stepsisters who make things awful for her when her father leaves.

I am glad that I finally read this book. It is a really cute retelling.

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Ella Enchanted

My granddaughter really loved getting this book as she is reading the Ella Enchanted series.

To me, it's a CLASSIC!

I have been an avid reader since the 5th grade, and at first, I didn't want to give ELLA ENCHANTED a chance because of the tacky cover illustration (of the girl in the green dress), but as they say, "Never judge a book by its cover." I finally gave in to reading this book - ordering it from one of those book orders that you get from school. I just want to say that I am now 23 years old and this is STILL my favorite book. It has everything that I love in a book - comedy and romance, and the feeling that once the book is over, you're sad because you know you will never find another adventure just like it. It's impossible to put the book down - there are parts that make you want to cry, laugh, and squeal with delight. The romance between Ella and Char is PERFECT and not cheesy at all. I advise anyone with a love of romance and fantasy to give this book a chance because I promise that it's SO WORTH IT - and not to mention, the movie does not do the book justice at all.

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