Ogre Enchanted
Book Title: Ogre Enchanted
Book Description: Evie is happiest when she is healing people, diagnosing symptoms and prescribing medications, with the help of her devoted friend (and test subject) Wormy. So when Wormy unexpectedly proposes to her, she kindly turns him down; she has far too much to do to be marrying anyone. And besides, she simply isn’t in love with him. But a certain meddling fairy named Lucinda has been listening in, and she doesn’t approve of Evie’s rejection. Suddenly, Evie finds herself transformed from a girl into a hideous, hungry ogre! Stuck in this new and confusing form, Evie now has only sixty-two days to accept another proposal—or else be stuck as an ogre forever.
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ISBN: 978-0062561312
Number Of Pages: 368
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Story / Interest
(3.5)
How to be an ogre about perserverance...a story of resiliency
Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is a delightful fantasy novel suitable for ages 9 and up. As a companion novel to Ella Enchanted, this book is sure to have a built-in following. I found the book sweet, but I had a few issues with it. First, Evie didn’t really seem to mind too much when she was turned into an ogre. She saw it as a bit of a hindrance but otherwise went about her way. Second, I thought the plot was pretty similar to the Ella Enchanted book (and maybe to Beauty and the Beast too). While I lived Evie as a protagonist, I liked the Ella character better in the other book.
Overall
3.5