Ella Enchanted is a story about a girl named Ella, who gets enchanted by a fairy named Lucinda. The enchantment however, is more like a curse for poor Ella, since the gift was obedience. The story goes through with Ella dealing with life, falling in love with Char, the prince of the kingdom, and trying to break the curse the entire time. She also runs into ogres along the way, plus new stepsisters. In the end though, Ella does indeed break the curse, and marries Char and lives happily ever after.

This book is a somewhat short book, but a good one. It's also based off a classic fairytale, Cinderella, but twisted in little ways. Ella Enchanted is a good read, the story makes you want to read it all to the end in my opinion. It's not the most unique story I've ever read, but this version of basically Cinderella, is probably my favorite. Ella Enchanted is a short book, with only 232 pages, yet a pretty good one.

I suppose this is a book recommended for all ages, as long as you can read. Maybe not so much for little kids who can't really read 200 pages worth of books. It's fantasy, it's a fairytale, so anyone who likes books like that, they should read this book. Gail Carson Levine, the author of the book, also wrote other twisted fairytale books, like The Princess Test, and The Fairy's Mistake, which both are really short books. So check out Ella Enchanted or other stories written by Gail Carson Levine.

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