This story is the story of Ella. She has been given the cures of always having to be obedient. She is close only to her cook, Mandy. Mandy is also a fairy and cares for Ella but Mandy warns Ella of the danger of big magic and will only do small magic. Ella must fight everyone's plans for her and everyone's command to learn to be true to herself. Ella falls in love with Prince Char, but can not be with him until the curse is broken in order to protect him. Ella and Mandy convince Lucinda that her curses are evil and Lucinda vows to stop giving these "gifts" to people, but she also vows to stop doing any big magic including reversing Ella's curse. Ella finally breaks the cures and marries Char.
I honestly do not know if I would use this book in my classroom. I think first of all it is definitely a higher reading level than the grade I plan to teach. If I do teach an older grade, I think this would be a really fun literature book to read, but I am not sure if it would really tie into other lessons. I think this book is the correct reading level for around fourth or fifth grade.
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