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Ella Enchanted

Ella Enchanted

by: Gail Carson Levine (1998)

Ella Enchanted is a novel about a girl called Ella of Frell, and her struggle to break a curse placed on her at birth.  This novel is a Newberry Honor Book.  This novel was adapted into a movie in 2004.  The story follows a young girl and her live after her fairy godmother cursed her, her mother dies and she is left with her father and his new wife and step daughters.  Ella's curse is that she must be obedient, regardless of consequences.  Ella's stepsisters and stepmother make her life miserable by ordering her around, even though for the most part they are unaware of the curse.  Throughout the novel, Ella encounters the prince, Char, and eventually falls in love with him.  Ella, who had been searching for her fairy godmother to break the curse, finally finds her at the end of the novel, but is told that she needs to break it herself.  As Ella breaks the spell she and Char realize that they love each other.  After this Ella, and Char, live a happy, normal live together.  

This novel is at a higher reading level than most books in an elementary school classroom.  This book would be for a high reader in forth or fifth grade.  The text is small, and is a fairly long book for young readers.  It is very well written, and makes the reader understand and relate to Ella.  I would love to have this book in a higher elementary classroom if I had strong readers.  I would not teach anything with this novel other than to mention that all types of novels can receive awards.  I did enjoy the novel, so I would suggest it to other teachers, and students if they had an interest in fairy tail stories.  

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