| About: Ella Enchanted, written by Gail Carson Levine and published in 1997 is a Newbery Honor Book. It is an adaptation of Cinderella with many mythical, imaginative creatures like giants, gnomes, elves, fairies and ogres. The lead character of the novel is Ella who has a very charming personality with a lot of energy. On her 15th birthday, fairy Lucinda gives her a gift of obedience which turned out to be a curse for her as she is now bound to obey every order she gets. She meets Prince Charmont (char) and they get along very nicely with each other. In the series of events, Char feels himself inclined towards Ella but Ella does not say yes to his love proposal as she thinks that her obedience curse might hurt Char in the future. In her saying No to Prince Char, her curse breaks and they get married and live happily ever after. It's a cute little romantic, fairy tale type of a book which holds a greater attraction for young readers. It has a film adaptation as well that was released on April 9, 2004. |
