![]() I say this because of the name she gives the main guy character, two siblings that are rude and mean to the other, and a contest that takes three days that ends in marriage. This story also weaves in the classic Italian fairy tale called Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow, after all. He has a special gift for making special powders to help the farm, but the brother’s don’t bother giving him any attention. In Cinderellis and the Glass Hill, a retelling of a Norwegian fairy-tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr, the youngest of three brothers obtains a series of magical horses. ![]() Her objective to point out the obvious will keep you entertained. Her use of run-on sentences leaves you out of breath and laughing from the repetitiveness. Just by the first page, you can grasp the humor Levine puts in her words. – Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine He stuck his head into the fireplace to see how far up it would go. He sprinkled the powder on his tin cup, and the cup began to rise up the chimney. ![]() “ When he was six years old, Ellis invented flying powder. ![]() She is witty, and pokes fun at fairy-tales all the while making you love the story even more. Do you like retelling of fairy-tales? Gail Carson Levine is the author for you. ![]()
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