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Ella Enchanted: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by Gail Carson Levine

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A fairy-tale curse puts obedience to the test

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Awards & Recognition

Award recognition
Newbery Honor recipient
The book is described as a Newbery Honor-winning story.

A fairy-tale curse puts obedience to the test

Ella’s magical gift is also a constraint: she must follow every order, however unreasonable or dangerous. The story’s central conflict turns on her resistance to that imposed obedience and her quest to break the curse. Princes, ogres, giants, stepsisters, and fairy godmothers place the adventure within a familiar fairy-tale world, while Ella’s struggle gives the tale a clear focus on agency and self-determination. The premise invites questions about the difference between following a command and choosing how to live.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Children ages 9–12 interested in fantasy and fairy-tale retellings
Readers who enjoy heroines confronting magical challenges
Families and educators seeking a story that raises questions about obedience and choice

Themes

Obedience and autonomySelf-determinationFairy-tale magic and adventure

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Book overview

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!

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