Ella Enchanted: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

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Harper Collins, Dec 26, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 304 pages

This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and old. 

At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift—the “gift” of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not accept her fate...

Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse forever.

A tween favorite for 25 years—now shared with today's young readers by moms, teachers, and other adults who remember the pleasure of discovering this fun fairy-tale retelling themselves!

 

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
10
Section 3
16
Section 4
23
Section 5
33
Section 6
39
Section 7
46
Section 8
54
Section 16
112
Section 17
118
Section 18
126
Section 19
135
Section 20
143
Section 21
148
Section 22
157
Section 23
164

Section 9
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Section 10
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Section 11
74
Section 12
81
Section 13
88
Section 14
96
Section 15
103
Section 24
172
Section 25
195
Section 26
206
Section 27
213
Section 28
221
Section 29
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About the author (2012)

Gail Carson Levine's first book for children, Ella Enchanted, was a Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Ever, a New York Times bestseller; Fairest, a Best Book of the Year for Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal and a New York Times bestseller; Dave at Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; The Wish; The Two Princesses of Bamarre; A Tale of Two Castles; Stolen Magic; The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre; Ogre Enchanted; and the six Princess Tales books. She is also the author of the nonfiction books Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly and Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink, as well as the picture books Betsy Who Cried Wolf and Betsy Red Hoodie. Gail Carson Levine and her husband, David, live in a two-centuries-old farmhouse in the Hudson Valley of New York State.

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