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Ella lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from their fairy Godmother at birth. Ella's gift - and curse - was that of obedience. As a result, Ella cannot refuse any command, and as a result she is often taken advantage of. In a bid to regain ...

Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of making magic with your writing--Publisher-provided summary.

In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

"Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy, and must try to find her place in a world that she knows to be perilous; years later, will her friendship with a young Amazon princess named Rin help her to avert a disastrous end to their war?"-- Provided ...

"Healer Evora is turned into a hideous ogre by the fairy Lucinda after rejecting a proposal, and has only a few months to find a love to reverse the curse"-- Provided by publisher.

In this variation of "Little Red Riding Hood," Betsy Red Hoodie goes to visit her grandma with her friend Zimmo the wolf and her flock of sheep, but Zimmo, her mother, and her grandma have a surprise planned.

When visited by a fairy, fifteen-year-old Peregrine learns she is not Latki-born, so she begins to free her people from tyranny, even if it means fighting monsters--both magical and human.

"In this lively nonfiction book for young readers, bestselling author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing"--Provided by publisher.

Ella lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from their fairy Godmother at birth. Ella's gift - and curse - was that of obedience. As a result, Ella cannot refuse any command, and as a result she is often taken advantage of. In a bid to regain ...

Ella is given the gift of obedience by her self-absorbed fairy godmother and must do whatever is requested of her.

Gwendolyn recieves the "kiss" necklace that Peter Pan gave to Wendy, she wishes she was actually in Fairy Haven, then Peter Pan comes, blows fairy dust on her, and she is in Never Land trying to save Fairy Haven from Kyto, an evil dragon.

With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the Grey death meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.

In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.

In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.

Fourteen-year-old Kezi and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate--to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash promise her father made--through a series of quests that might make her immortal.

In A Ceiling Made of Eggshells, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story set during the expulsion of Jews from Spain, about a young Jewish girl full of heart who must play her own role in her people's epic history--no matter the sacrifice...

From age seven, Loma relishes traveling with her beloved grandfather across fifteenth-century Spain, working to keep the Jews safe, but soon realizes she must also make sacrifices to help her people. Includes historical notes, recipe, glossary, and a link to a bibliography.

A serious young shepherd finds that there is more than one way to keep a wolf from eating her sheep.

In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.