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(0)Gail Carson Levine
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped. So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's...
3) Ever
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"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?"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
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.
8) Stolen magic
Author
Series
Tale of Two Castles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Elodie, the dragon detective Meenore, and the kindly ogre Count Jonty Um are all on their way to Elodie's home island of Lahnt. Elodie has barely set foot on land before she learns that the Replica, a statue that keeps her island's deadly volcano from erupting, has been stolen! If the Replica isn't found in three days, a mountain will be destroyed. And when Elodie ends up alone with a cast of characters each of whom may be guilty, she has to use her...
9) Fairest
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time, there was a girl who wanted to be pretty . . .
Aza's singing is the fairest in all the land, and the most unusual. She can "throw" her voice so it seems to come from anywhere. But singing is only one of the two qualities prized in the Kingdom of Ayortha. Aza doesn't possess the other: beauty. Not even close. She's hidden in the shadows in her parents' inn, but when she becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, she has to
...Author
Series
Tale of Two Castles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fairy-tale master Gail Carson, the bestselling author of Ella Enchanted, guides writers of all ages on how to develop their craft, with practical advice and heartfelt encouragement. In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her tricks of the trade. She shows how you can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write sparkling dialogue, develop memorable characters-and much, much more.
She advises...
14) Dave at Night
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
If nobody wants him, that's fine. He'll just take care of himself. When his father dies, Dave knows nothing will ever be thesame. And then it happens. Dave lands in an orphanage-the cold and strict Hebrew Home for Boys in Harlem-far from the life he knew on the Lower East Side. But he's not so worried. He knows he'll be okay. He always is. If it doesn't work out, he'll just leave, find a better place to stay. But it's not that simple. Outside the...
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
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.
16) Betsy Red Hoodie
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky," a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
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.