Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, 352 pages. Harper, OCTOBER 2018. $18.
Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ADVISABLE
KID APPEAL: AVERAGE
Evie, 15, has a pretty good life working as an apothecary, herbalist, healer. She takes care of her mother and her best patient, Wormy, is also her best friend. When Wormy suddenly proposes marriage to Evie, however, the fairy Lucinda comes to watch. When Evie says no, Lucinda punishes her by turning Evie into an ogre. Evie has only 62 days to receive a marriage proposal and accept it. But who can love an ogre?
The fairy Lucinda is meddling again. I love that Levine has revisited the character, no matter how frustrating I find her. I think Levine was one of, if not the, first to twist familiar fairy tales in such funny, wicked ways. I still have all of her books in my library, and they still do well.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian
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