Ella Enchanted
Overview
 
Ella Enchanted is a Newbery Honor book
Book
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 written by Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson Levine is an American author of young adult books. Her first novel, Ella Enchanted, received a Newbery Honor in 1998.-Early life:...

 and published in 1997. The story is a retelling of Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...

featuring various mythical creatures including fairies
Fairy
A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.Fairies resemble various beings of other mythologies, though even folklore that uses the term...

, elves
Elf
An elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind...

, ogre
Ogre
An ogre is a large, cruel, monstrous, and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore, and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature...

s, gnome
Gnome
A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature...

s, and giants
Giant (mythology)
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...

. In 2006, Levine went on to write Fairest
Fairest
Fairest is a 2006 novel by Gail Carson Levine. It is based on the story of Snow White and set in the same world as Ella Enchanted. The kingdom of Ayortha, the setting of the story, is the neighbouring kingdom of Kyrria, where Ella Enchanted was set; as such, several allusions in the story are...

, a retelling of the story of Snow White
Snow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...

, set in the same world as Ella Enchanted.
At birth, Eleanor (Ella) of Frell was visited by the well-meaning, but misguided fairy Lucinda.
Discussions
Quotations

Things change, people change, but that doesn't mean you should forget the past.

Has she gone mad, to speak such falsehood?

That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. pg. 3

"I know you can imitate people just as Lady Eleanor could. Once you imitated your manservant to his face, and he wasn't sure whether he was the servant or you were. You make up your own fair tales and you drop things and trip over things. I know you once broke a whole set of dishes." "I slipped on ice!" "Ice chips you spilled before you tripped on them." He laughed. pg. 13-14

"What a clever daughter I have." Mum Olga beamed at Hattie. "As clever as she is beautiful," I said.

"I don't suppose your eyes ever pop out," I said. "I don't think so." Hattie smiled complacently. "They're too small to pop." pg.21

 
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