Best Selling Books by Gail Carson Levine

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 gift and feel that she belongs to herself. For how can she truly belong to herself if she knows that at any time, anyone can order her to hop on one foot, cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom--and she''ll have to obey? Against a bold tapestry of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella''s spirited account of her quest to break the curse is a funny, poignant, and enchanting tale about an unforgettable heroine who is determined to be herself.

The poems in Transient, the debut collection of grown-up themed poems by acclaimed children''s book author Gail Carson Levine, will stay with you. Those who look to Levine for the fantastic will find characters more Sexton than Seuss. Through every-day language gracefully arranged, Levine elevates common experience so that all is haloed in light.

Three fairies from Never Land must deliver a wand they promised to the mermaid who has threatened to flood their home in Fairy Haven.

Ella Enchanted How can a fairy''s blessing be such a curse? At her birth, Ella of Frell was the unfortunate recipient of a foolish fairy''s gift—the "gift'' of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it''s hopping on one foot for a day and a half, or chopping off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse—once and for all. In this incredible debut novel comes the richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who at birth was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Ella soon realizes that this gift is little better than a curse, for how can she truly be herself if at anytime anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom''and she''ll have to obey? Against a bold tapestry of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella''s quest to break the curse once and for all and discover who she really is is as sharply funny as Catherine, Called Birdy and as richly poignant as Beauty, and has all the marks of a classic in the making. The Two Princesses of Bamarre When a plague strikes Bamarre, Princess Addie must save her sister. Brave and adventureous, Princess Meryl dreams of fighting dragons and protecting the kingdom of Bamarre. Shy and fearful, Princess Addie is content to stay within the safety of the castle walls. The one thing that the sisters share is their unwavering love for each other. The tables are turned, however, when the Gray Death leaves Meryl fatally ill. To save her sister, meek Princess Addie must find the courage to set out on a dangerous quest filled with dragons, unknown magic, and death itself. Time is running out, and the sisters'' lives—and the future of the kingdom of Bamarre—hang in the balance. Fairest 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"t 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 step into the light—especially when the queen demands a dangerous favor. A magic mirror, a charming prince, a jealous queen, palace intrigue, and an injured king twine into a maze that Aza must penetrate to save herself and her beloved kingdom.

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.

Two hilarious fairy tales with a difference by the author of ELLA ENCHANTED - just spin the book round to read a different story! Here, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella get a modern spin... In Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, Princess Sonora is a terrible know-it-all, blessed at birth with supernatural intelligence. She is scheduled to marry a very dull Prince, but legend takes its course and she sleeps for a hundred years - only to be rescued by the curious Prince Christopher, who''s desperate to learn why his country''s sheep are all going bald... And in Cinderellis and the Glass Hill, Princess Marigold''s father can''t stop questing. His latest quest is to find Marigold a Prince brave enough to ride his horse up a glass hill and fetch three golden apples. Cinderellis lives with his farming brothers, who have no interest in his amazing inventions. So he tests his sticking powder on his horses'' feet and rides up the glass hill...

La llegada de un huracán les trae muchos problemas a los habitantes de Nunca Jamás. La hada Prilla con otras dos hadas son escogidas para una travesía para salvar el secreto de las hadas.

"Adelina y Meryl, las dos princesas del reino de Bamarre, viven sin preocupaciones en un hermoso castillo, y sus únicas aventuras son la que leen o sueñan. Pero la descracia acecha ... Meryl cae enferma y nadie conoce la cura de su misterioso mal. A pesar de los buenos propósitos de todos, en la corte nadie parece muy capacitado para emprender un peligroso viaje en busca de un remedio. Adelina no es valiente, ni fuerte, ni demasiado intrépida, pero daría la vida por su hermana. Pese al miedo que le inspira lo desconocido, se lanza sola e esa aventura incierta, adentrándose en un mundo asombroso, repleto de peligrosos dragones, ogros y espectros. Gracias a la ayuda de algunos regalos mágicos y de su buen amigo Rhys, el aprendiz de brujo, la tímida princesa logrará superar pruebas dificilísimas y derrotar a los enemigos más fieros ... e incluso descubrir el valor y la fuerza de los sentimientos."--Page 4 of cover.

Dave (11) kommt nach dem Tod seines Vaters in den 20er-Jahren in ein Waisenhaus. Couragiert und zielbewusst flieht er vor dem brutalen Leiter, kehrt aber zu seinen Kumpels zurück, auch um eine Schnitzerei, letztes Erinnerungsstück an seinen Vater, wieder an sich zu bringen.

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.

Chinese edition of "Writing magic: creating stories that fly" by Newbery Award winner Gail Carson Levine, author of Ella Enchanted. Levine shares her experience and tips of writing: emails, essays, greeting cards, love letters... She inspires young people to effectively communicate with words and how to break through the writer''s block. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

When she was born, Ella was accidentally given the curse of having to obey any order given to her. When her loving mother dies, she''s left with a mostly absent father and then a mean stepmother and sisters. Rather than giving in to fairy Lucinda''s curse, Ella rebels against it. She sets out to find Lucinda to make her undo the curse. Along the way, with wit and spunk, she fends off ogres, finds friends among the elves, and falls in love with a handsome prince who needs a bit of rescuing, himself.

When she was born, Ella was accidentally given the curse of having to obey any order given to her. When her loving mother dies, she''s left with a mostly absent father and then a mean stepmother and sisters. Rather than giving in to fairy Lucinda''s curse, Ella rebels against it. She sets out to find Lucinda to make her undo the curse. Along the way, with wit and spunk, she fends off ogres, finds friends among the elves, and falls in love with a handsome prince who needs a bit of rescuing, himself.

Il est loin le temps où Drualt le preux, le héros national de Bamarre, combattait les ennemis au péril de sa vie. Désormais, le royaume est en peine, ogres, spectres, griffons et dragons le cernent, les fées l''ont déserté, les pleutres y règnent. Et la Mort grise le frappe à nouveau, après avoir emporté la Reine, il y a plus de dix ans... On raconte qu''un remède existe à ce mal qui tue en douze jours, mais que seuls les fées et les dragons le connaissent. Or les fées sont invisibles et les dragons sont dangereux. La princesse Meryl, la batailleuse, s''était juré, quand elle était petite, de partir à la recherche de ce fameux remède. Mais voilà qu''elle tombe malade à son tour... Alors c''est sa sœur, Addie la peureuse, Addie la romantique tout juste capable de broder des scènes héroïques, qui décide de se mettre en chemin avec pour tout bagage l''épée de Meryl, Sanguinaire, et une paire de bottes de sept lieues offerte par Rhys, un apprenti sorcier qui ne lui est pas indifférent. Direction : la grotte de Vollys, la dragonne...

Un terrible ouragan s''est abattu sur le Pays Imaginaire. Si l''œuf de Maman Colombe n''est pas réparé au plus vite, le Pays disparaîtra. Entourée de la courageuse Rani et de Vidia l''insoumise, Prilla gagnera-t-elle sa place parmi les Fées en accomplissant la mission qui sauvera le Pays Imaginaire ?

Lorelei, la fille du forgeron, n''est pas précisément une joyeuse nature. Durant son enfance, elle n''a ri que deux fois et souri que quatre. Le reste du temps, elle a pleurniché, geint, gémi, râlé, protesté, sous prétexte que tout n''était pas absolument parfait. Ensuite, elle s''est mise à tomber malade au moindre courant d''air et à provoquer des catastrophes. Bref, Lorelei est pénible. Une véritable chichiteuse. Une enquiquineuse de première, oui! pense Trudy, sa gouvernante, qui a beaucoup de mal à la supporter, et qui envisage même de se débarrasser d''elle en la perdant au fond des bois, comme font les parents dans les contes classiques... Mais il faut croire qu''au royaume de Biddle, il y a un bon Dieu pour les enfants gâtées. Car au fond des bois, Lorelei rencontre le prince Nicolas. Ses parents veulent le marier à une vraie princesse. Lorelei n''est que la fille du forgeron, certes, mais elle a des caprices de star, des délicatesses d''héritière du trône, des bégueuleries de Miss Biddle. Tant et si bien qu''il se pourrait que parmi soixante-dix-neuf candidates, ce soit elle qui gagne le concours de princesses...

Il fait nuit dans la nurserie royale, mais la petite princesse Sonora ne dort pas. Avant même d''être en âge de marcher, elle a su qu''un jour elle devrait se piquer avec un fuseau et s''endormir pour cent ans. Alors elle se dit qu''elle aura bien le temps de dormir. Outre la beauté, la grâce et cette malédiction tristement connue, Sonora a reçu en cadeau des fées une intelligence dix fois supérieure à la moyenne. C''est ainsi que, très vite, elle possède bien plus de vocabulaire que ses parents, et qu''au lieu de pleurer ou de gazouiller quand on lui change sa couche, elle se confond en excuses. C''est ainsi qu''elle a décidé, sans le dire à ses parents, qu''elle choisirait elle-même le moment où elle se piquerait la main. Mais qu''est-ce qui est le plus puissant, la malédiction d''une fée ou le cerveau d''une petite surdouée ?

Humorous retellings of three classic fairy tales, from the award-winning author of Ella Enchanted, are collected in this one volume, and include Cinderellis and the Glass Hill, For Biddle''s Sake, and The Fairy''s Return. Original.

Imaginez un peu que vous soyez une fée. Une fée comme toutes les fées, soucieuse de justice et désireuse de faire le bien. Vous apprenez l''existence de deux sœurs jumelles dans le village d''Aspic-sur-Sène. Lune, Rosella, se tape toutes les corvées, dort par terre, mange les restes, et endure son triste sort avec bonne humeur. L''autre, Myrtle, est odieuse, grossière, cupide et, pour couronner le tout, la préférée de sa maman. Vous êtes très choquée. Et vous décidez de donner à chacune selon ses mérites. À Rosella, la récompense de sa gentillesse et de sa modestie : des pierres précieuses dégoulineront de sa bouche sitôt qu''elle prononcera un mot. À Myrtle, la punition de son sale caractère : des insectes répugnants sortiront de ses lèvres au moindre souffle. Et toc ! Vous pensez avoir bien fait ? Vous vous trompez complètement, ma pauvre. Car grâce à sa malédiction, Myrtle obtient tout ce qu''elle veut par chantage. Et à cause de son cadeau, les gens ne cessent de persécuter Rosella pour lui voler ses diamants. A vous de trouver une solution. Et vite.

In this best-selling sequel to Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine and illustrator David Christiana spin a riveting fairytale about the dangers of dreams come true. The mermaid Soop has sent a flood to Fairy Haven! Water-talent fairy Rani must bring Soop a wand, or the Home Tree and all the Never fairies will be swept away. But wise Mother Dove isn''t sure which is worse, a wand or a flood. Wand wishes, tantalizing wand wishes, are risky. The most innocent wish can cause untold trouble. And not even Mother Dove knows that wands have hearts and minds-kind hearts or cruel hearts, sympathetic minds or minds filled with spite and mischief. Rani, Tinker Bell, and Ree, queen of the Never fairies, set out on a perilous quest for a wand, a journey that takes them across an ocean to the palace of the terrifying Great Wanded fairies. Many obstacles stand between the questers and success: Tink''s disappearance, a mermaid''s magical song, wand madness, and even Never Land itself. Meanwhile, the floodwaters are rising. . . .

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.

Parce que son père adoré est mort et que personne dans sa famille ne veut s''occuper de lui, David Caros se retrouve pensionnaire au Foyer Hébreu pour Garçons, à Broadwav. Très vite, il rebaptise l''endroit la Funeste Halte ou le Foyer Haï pour Garnements. Comment faire autrement, avec un directeur tortionnaire, un surveillant sinistre et des " gredins " chargés de vous ôter le pain de la bouche ? Heureusement, la nuit, David s''évade. Il a fait le mur une fois et il est tombé sur Solly, un vieux monsieur à la barbe d''enchanteur Merlin, qui le fait passer pour son petit-fils et l''entraîne dans un tourbillon de spectacles, de têtes, de concerts de jazz, de rencontres merveilleuses... Nous sommes à New York, au beau milieu des années folles. David quitterait bien l''orphelinat pour de bon. Mais voilà, il doit d''abord récupérer son objet fétiche, son seul souvenir: une Arche de Noé eu cerisier, sculptée par son père, que le directeur lui a volée...

When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader, forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.

When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader, forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.

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

Sara soltou uma risadinha que borbulhou pelo ar e escapou pela janela. A risadinha viajou por muito tempo até encontrar uma linda ilha encantada chamada Terra do Nunca - é lá que moram o jovem Peter Pan, o Capitão Gancho e outros personagens que não percebem o tempo passar, já que nesse lugar ninguém envelhece. Assim que tocou o chão, a risadinha transformou-se em uma linda fadinha - Prilla. Na Terra do Nunca, todas as fadas tinha um talento - consertar panelas, fazer comida, cuidar dos animais, decorar ambientes, cuidar de fadas etc. Prilla era diferente; ela não sabia o seu talento. No dia da Muda, a Mamãe Pomba troca suas penas que depois devem ser moídas e transformadas no pó de pirlimpimpim, capaz de fazer com que a as fadas voem e façam mágicas. Mas, naquela muda, algo inesperado aconteceu! Uma imensa tempestade destruiu a festa e quebrou o ovo mágico de Mamãe Pomba, que era responsável por manter a Terra do Nunca jovem. Neste momento a ilha começou a envelhecer e, as fadas já não podiam mais voar. Três fadas foram escolhidas para salvar a ilha - Vídia, a fada que voava mais rápido; Rani, a fada das águas, e Prilla, a fada sem talento algum. Prilla, com as outras fadas, tinha a missão de salvar a Terra do Nunca, mas ela não sabia como iria fazer isso ou por que tinha sido escolhida já que não tinha talento algum.