Will Ella be compelled to obey every single command for the rest of her life? Or, can she find a way to undo the spell, and perhaps find true love in the process?

This story is a fun twist on the fairy tale: What if a well-meaning fairy bestowed a gift on an infant princess that turned out to be a curse? That’s just what happens to Ella when a fairy gives her the terrible gift of obedience. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levineįantasy, recommended for grades 4-7. And keep your eyes peeled for high school recommendations, coming soon. Please share your own book suggestions with us in the comments. Read some of these titles to the girl in your life, and maybe even start your own middle school girls book club. Every story may not end in instant marriage, but good triumphs over evil and there is always a happy ending.Even though Girls Leadership is not providing book club materials for middle and high school girls (yet!), there are so many amazing books out there for those older girls that we just had to share some of our favorites with you. They go off and have other adventures of their own. So in this series, after their heroic and clever deeds, the girls don’t always end up getting married and settling down. To have meaning today, it’s important that fairy tales change with the times. Series: Brave and Brilliant Girls Fairy tales come from an oral tradition, so they are always changing - until the Victorians wrote them down, when they stayed the same for many years.

Stories included are: Mulan, Nanbolele, Vasilisa and Prince Vladimir, Moremi and the Egunguns, The Legend of Tokoyo, The Dragon Slayer, The Sleep Watchers, and The Warrior Queen. This is a sequel to the best-selling title Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls. Here are traditional tales from every corner of the globe, all featuring bold and clever heroines who battle dragons, fight sea serpents, or save their village from monstrous thieves.

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