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Gail Carson Levine

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in New York, New York, The United States

September 17, 1947

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Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

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Just letting you all know: I'm only going to review books I love. There's enough negative criticism without me piling on. A book is too hard to write.

Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and began writing seriously in 1987. Her first book for children, Ella Enchanted, was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Fairest; Dave at Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; The Wish; The Two Princesses of Bamarre; and the six Princess Tales books. She is also the author of the nonfiction book Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly and the picture book Betsy Who Cried Wolf, illustrated by Scott Nash. Gail, her husband, David, and their Airedale, Baxter, live in a 1790 farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley ...more

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	Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 416,845 ratings — published 1997 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two Princesses of Bamarre (The Two Princesses of Bamarre, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 73,285 ratings — published 2001 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fairest 3.89 avg rating — 67,612 ratings — published 2006 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ever 3.48 avg rating — 21,784 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fairy's Mistake (The Princess Tales, #1) by Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author), Mark Elliott (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 13,187 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Princess Test (The Princess Tales, #2) by Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author), Mark Elliott (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 11,156 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (The Princess Tales, #4) by Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author), Mark Elliott (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 9,641 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of Two Castles (A Tale of Two Castles, #1) by Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author), Greg Call (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 9,097 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wish 3.38 avg rating — 9,463 ratings — published 2000 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep (The Princess Tales, #3) by Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author), Mark Elliott (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 8,311 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ella Enchanted (3 books)
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The Two Princesses of Bamarre (2 books)
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The Princess Tales (6 books)
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Disney Fairies (3 books)
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A Tale of Two Castles (2 books)
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For a Jane Austen fan, PRIDE was pure pleasure. What fun it was to find the plot points and characters in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE updated and given a shine!
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“In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.”
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