Ogre Enchanted
Author(s): Gail Carson Levine

Set in the world of the Newbery Honor–winning Ella Enchanted, this tale by beloved author Gail Carson Levine stars a clever heroine who is determined to defy expectationsand outwit a fairys curse.

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 isnt in love with him.

But a certain meddling fairy named Lucinda has been listening in, and she doesnt approve of Evies 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 proposalor else be stuck as an ogre forever.

Review(s):
Longtime fans and new readers alike will devour this.
Readers new and old to Levines world will find much to love.
Levine does an excellent job of getting into the mind of an ogre (Evie is overwhelmed by a sudden aversion to vegetables in all forms), and although the plots many strands are wide-ranging, she brings them together for a satisfying resolution.
Like all of Levines heroines, Evie is complex, career-oriented, and likable as she bears up under seriously extraordinary pressures. With enough grotesqueries to satisfy the most transgressive tastes of juvenile humor and enough light romance to balance the scales, this trips lightly over a wide range of emotional appeals.
Levine offers another engaging story and heroine readers will adore. Evie is strong, independent, and smart, discovering herself and her own definition of love through experience and reflection… Plot and pacing will engage voracious and reluctant readers alike.

ISBN:9780062561237