Ella Enchanted • A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Gail Carson Levine • Paperback • Juvenile Fiction/Fairy Tales & Folklore / General Ella is back, celebrating her 25th anniversary! With enchanting new cover art and an author’s note from Gail Carson Levine, this paperback edition will introduce the iconic feminist heroine to a new generation of readers. This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story, about a feisty heroine who refuses to let a curse hold her back, celebrates its 25th anniversary with stunning new cover art and a letter from the author! At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift—the “gift” of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not 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 forever.