Saturday, April 28, 2007

Children's Book Produced as a Feature Film #2

Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
This story is different from most children's stories I choose to read, but I did find it rather entertaining. I always enjoy a story with a happy ending. This fantasy is based on the Cinderella story. Ella struggles throughout the entire novel against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given her. Ella wants nothing more than to be free of this curse and to feel that she belongs only to herself. This story is filled with magical fairies, ogres, princes, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers. Many parts of Ella's journey are funny and kept me guessing about what would come next. My favorite part of the story is when she finally breaks the curse, marries Prince Char, and lives happily ever after. Although I have not seen the movie, my nieces informed me that they have seen it and thought it was really delightful.

1 comment:

kemullins said...

This is my favorite book of all time!!!!!!!!!!!! The movie is very different from the book but is still great!!!!!!