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If You Like Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine…
Try these fantasy stories.

J/F/BILLINGSLEY
Billingsley, Franny - The Folk Keeper
Orphan Corinna disguises herself as a boy to work as a Folk Keeper, one who tends the vile, destructive "Folk" of her land. When called to work for a wealthy family in their manor by the sea, she discovers her heritage as a sea maiden. 162p.

J/F/CALHOUN
Calhoun, Dia - Aria of the Sea
In the magical kingdom of Windward, Cerithe arrives at the School of Royal Dancers where she finds herself torn between her future as a dancer or a healer. 264p.

J/F/COVILLE
Coville, Bruce - Into the Land of the Unicorns
Forced to flee her home to avoid capture, Cara enters Luster, the magical Land of the Unicorns, to carry an important message and a magic amulet to the Unicorn Queen. The Unicorn Chronicles continue in book II, Song of the Wanderer. 159p.

J/F/HANLEY
Hanley, Victoria - The Seer and the Sword
Princess Torina, who has the ability to see the future, tries to help her friend Landen who seeks a sword that belongs to his conquered kingdom. A treacherous murderer has gained power, and they try to restore the rightful rulers. 341p.

J/F/IBBOTSON
Ibbotson, Eva - The Secret of Platform 13
Odge Gribble, a young hag, joins a wizard, an ogre and a fairy to go on a rescue mission through the door that opens between their world and ours every nine years. Their task is to bring home their kingdom's little prince who was stolen during the time of the last opening. 231p.

J/F/KINDL
Kindl, Patrice - Goose Chase
Rather than marry a cruel king or a dim-witted prince, an enchanted goose girl escapes from her suitors and undergoes many trials (like being captured by ogresses!) before learning exactly who she is. 214p.

J/F/LEE
Lee, Tanith - Wolf Tower
Claidi, a servant girl to the royal family, helps an imprisoned prince escape the House. Together, they flee across the dangerous Waste, facing dust storms, monster attacks and bandits in their attempt to reach the Prince‘s homeland. The Claidi Journals series continues in book II, Wolf Star. 223p.

J/F/LEVINE
Levine, Gail - Two Princesses of Bamarre
With her adventurous sister Meryl suffering from the Grey Death, meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure. 241p.

J/F/LINDGREN
Lindgren, Astrid - Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in an abandoned castle, causes trouble when she becomes good friends with a rival robber's son. 176p.

J/F/MCGRAW
McGraw, Eloise - The Moorchild
Saaskia, half-folk and half-human, has never quite fit in. When she learns that she was traded for a human child by the Moorfolk, she sets out to rescue the stolen human child. 241p.

J/F/MCKINLEY
McKinley, Robin - Beauty
When the Beast demands payment for her father's crime, Beauty agrees to go live with the Beast in his strange castle. Slowly she grows to love him and, through her love, helps release him from the terrible spell he is under. 247p.

J/F/MORRIS
Morris, Gerald - The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
Lady Lynet undertakes a journey to Camelot to ask King Arthur to send a knight to rescue her beautiful sister. Along the journey she is befriended by a clever dwarf and a bold kitchen helper, both of whom are more than they seem. 213p.

J/F/PIERCE
Pierce, Tamora - Alanna
Alanna, who dearly wants to become a knight, changes places with her brother and is sent to court to earn her place as a royal page, the first step towards knighthood. The Song of the Lioness series continues in In the Hand of the Goddess, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man and Lioness Rampant. 241p.

J/F/PIERCE
Pierce, Tamora - Squire
After becoming squire to Lord Raoul, Keladry of Mindelan must face a terrifying test in the Chamber of the Ordeal before she can become a knight. Earlier titles in the Protector of the Small series that tell about Kel's quest to become a knight are First Test and Page. 399p.

J/F/PULLMAN
Pullman, Philip - The Golden Compass
Lyra sets out to save her best friend and other children who have been kidnapped and sent North to be used as guinea pigs for terrible experiments having to do with a mysterious substance called "Dust." The His Dark Materials series continues in The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. 399p.

J/F/REAGAN
Regan, Dian Curtis - Princess Nevermore
When Princes Quinnella, from the magical kingdom of Mandria, makes a wish at the Wishing Pool, she winds up in the world on the other side of the pool—a place called Earth. 232p.

J/F/SPRINGER
Springer, Nancy - Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest
After her mother is murdered for being a healer, Rosemary disguises herself as a boy and goes in search of her famous father, Robin Hood. 170p.

J/F/TOMLINSON
Tomlinson, Theresa - Forestwife
In England, during the reign of Richard I, Marian flees from an ar-ranged marriage to live with a community of forest folk that includes a daring young outlaw named Robert. 170p.

J/F/TOWNLEY
Townley, Rod - The Great Good Thing
Nothing ever changes for Princess Sylvie and the other characters in their storybook kingdom, until Sylvie finds a way to cross over from their book into the dreams of a new Reader. In these dreams, she has exciting new adventures, but after a disastrous fire she must find a way to keep her story alive without her book. 216p.

J/F/VANDE VELDE
Vande Velde, Vivian - A Hidden Magic
As they take a walk together in the magic forest, handsome but dim Prince Alexander falls under the spell of an evil witch and Princess Jen-nifer must come to his rescue, even though it means having to match wits with dragons, sorcerers, giants and (of course) the witch. 117p.

J/F/WREDE
Wrede, Patricia C. - Dealing with Dragons
Finding royal life terribly dull, Princess Cimorene runs away to live in a nest of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some shady wizards who want to steal the dragons' kingdom. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles continue in Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons and Talking to Dragons. 212p.

Prepared by SRP, Feburary 2002