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Title: A princess story for girls who are too fiesty to wait for a knight in shining armor to save them
Review: This quick read gives a new take on the Cinderella story by casting Ella, a spunk girl who was given the "gift" of obedience at birth, into the role of the abused stepsister. There have been TONS of retellings of fairy tales in recent years, so this story definitely felt less fresh for me than it probably would have when it first came out in 1997. Nonetheless, it was funny at times, and Ella is a realistically rebellious teenage girl. I would definitely recommend this book to girls who enjoy tales of princesses and fairy tales, especially those who are just transitioning into longer chapter books from beginning readers or Magic Treehouse type books. If they like this, I would be sure to check out Princess Academy by Shannon Hale for a similar princess story with an equally spunky heroine.
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