The Princess Test

Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling of the Cinderella story. Now this award-winning author turns her attention to two more classic fairy tales, and deftly turns them upside down and inside out with her trademark wit and hilarity.

In The Fairy's Mistake, two very different sisters have two very different encounters with the fairy Ethelinda. Rosella is kind and helpful. Her reward: Jewels and gems tumble out of her mouth whenever she speaks. Myrtle is rude and spiteful. Her punishment: Bugs and vipers slither out of her mouth. The fairy Ethelinda feels she's meted out justice just right--until she discovers Rosella has been locked up by a greedy prince and Myrtle is having the time of her life

In The Princess Test, King Humphrey has decided its time for his son, Prince Nicholas, to marry. But he must make sure the bride is a real princess. So he devises a series of princess tests, designed to weed out the phonies and the fakes. Meanwhile, Nicholas has fallen in love with Lorelei, a mere blacksmith's daughter. She's no princess, but he wants to marry her all the same--but how will she ever pass the terrible tests?

In these first two delightfully entertaining, laugh-out-loud Princess Tales, Gail Levine gently spoofs the notion that fairies are always right and that tests can never prove a persons worth, but holds fast to the notion that true love will always win in the end.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03/21/1999
ISBN: 9780060280628
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.28h x 4.24w x 0.64d
Award: Sasquatch Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Ingram Children's Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 65
New York Times 08/15/1999 pg. 25
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 296 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 296 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 05/01/1999
Booklist 04/15/1999

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 41124 / Princess Test
Reading Level: 4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1