Gail Carson Levine
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Description
Gail Carson Levine (born September 17, 1947) is an American author of young adult books. Her second novel, Ella Enchanted, received a Newbery Honor in 1998.
Books
Ever
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.
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
Three fairies from Never Land must deliver a wand they promised to the mermaid who has threatened to flood their home in Fairy Haven.
Writing Magic
Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of making magic with your writing--Publisher-provided summary.
The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales
Contains six tales about princesses, including the title work in which the son of a baker and a princess fall in love, but her father disapproves.
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
Prilla, the unusual new fairy in Neverland, finds her mettle, Mother Dove's wisdom, and Tinker Bell's courage tested by many trials, including a hurricane, a selfish fairy, and Captain Hook.
For Biddle's sake
Parsley, a sweet girl with a lovely smile, has green teeth because she will eat nothing but parsley. However, the fairy Bombina doesn't mind . . .
The fairy's return
The good-natured son of a baker wins the heart of a princess, with the help of a fairy and a magic goose.
Betsy Who Cried Wolf
A serious young shepherd finds that there is more than one way to keep a wolf from eating her sheep.
The Princess Tales, Volume I (Princess Tales)
Humorous retellings of three classic fairy tales, Diamonds and toads, The Princess and the pea, and Sleeping Beauty, in one volume.
Two Princesses Of Bamarre
A kingdom beset by monsters, a disease that weakens and destroys, an epic poem and a hero of long ago, a story of danger and desperation. The Two Princesses of Bamarre couldn't be more different. Princess Addie is fearful and shy. Her deepest wish is for safety. Princess Meryl is bold and brave. Her deepest wish is to save the kingdom of Bamarre. They are sisters, and they mean the world to each other. Then disaster strikes, and Addie -- terrified and unprepared -- sets out on a perilous quest. In her path are monsters of Bamarre: ogres, specters, gryphons, and dragons. Addie must battle them, but time is running out, and the sister's lives -- and Barmarre's fate -- hang in the balance. Gail Carson Levine left her mark on fantasy with her well-loved 1998 Newbery Honor book Ella Enchanted. Now she has created another shimmering and tapestried landscape of fantasy and fairies. Bamarre and the journeys of its two princesses will burn themselves into the minds of readers, and all will relish this moving saga about two sisters groping their way toward heroism. - Publisher.
Cinderellis and the glass hill
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.
The fairy's mistake
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.
Princess Sonora and the long sleep
In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle.
The princess test
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.
Dave at night
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.
Ella Enchanted
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.
The Wish
Robert Crawley is the scrawniest kid in school. Before a fight with one of the strongest kids in school, he wishes for a miracle that will save his face from being turned into a bloody pulp and change everything about the world he lives in. When his wish is granted, Robert quickly learns that the new world he created presents its own set of problems.
The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre (Enchanted)
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.
Ogre Enchanted
In this companion novel to Ella Enchanted, which can stand on its own, young healer Evie is transformed into an ogre by the meddling fairy Lucinda. She ll turn back only if someone proposes and she accepts!
