so for the first one:
Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted
this is another of the books that sits by my bed. well, it did til it got lost in the mail somewhere to my great chagrin. another cinderella story - Ella's under a curse to be obedient, a curse that only her fairy godmother Mandy knows about, as Ella's mother made her promise never to tell anyone before she passed away. therefore, the wicked step mother and stepsisters, off to finishing school, adventures in trying to find the fairy who cursed her and, of course, falling in love with the prince.
someone made a horrible movie of this with Anne Hathaway (whom i love) a few years ago that has very little to do with the book. the book is all about Ella learning about herself, finding the courage within herself to break the curse, growing through the challenges she faces and being a very smart young woman who refuses to give up but always has the help of a friend or two along the way, despite her neglectful father and dead mom. the movie tries to make it all political by turning cary elwes into the evil prince regent who is enslaving the elves etc.
another good girl empowerment book (guess i read a lot of these, don't i?) with enough romance and adventure to keep you going, but definitely appropriate for younger girls. just dont see the movie.
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