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In this companion prequel to Newbery Honor–winning Ella Enchanted, fifteen-year-old healer Evie is turned into an ogre by a fairy and has sixty-two days to undo the transformation before she is stuck that way forever. Levine does an excellent job of getting into the mind of an ogre, and although the plot strands are many, she brings them together for a satisfying resolution.
Reviewer: Sarah Rettger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2018