Weekly Reading Response #1

Name: Alexandra Date: November 2, 2007
Title: Ella Enchanted Time: about and hour and a half
Author: Gail Carson Levine Pages 3-45
Total pages this week: 42
Response:

So far in my book, Ella's mother died and her dad is going to send her to finishing school because he thinks she is clumsy and uneducated. Ella just realized that she likes Char as a friend and they just tried to save a toddler Ogre but an adult Ogre just ordered her to give the toddler Ogre to him, which isn't good because she has to obey orders.
My prediction:
I predict that Ella will try to resist giving the toddler to the Ogre but then she will have to give the Ogre to the other one. Then I think Char will try to get the Ogre back and follow the other Ogre as he tries to hide or run away. Then I think Ella will follow Char and then they will be lost in the woods somewhere. Maybe then more Ogres will come, but hopefully they all stay safe and they get the toddler Ogre back.
I wish that Ella's mother didn't die in the book, at least not at the way beginning. I really liked her and wish she was still one of the characters. I would change that the friends that Ella met were so stuck-up and rude and I wish that she wouldn't have to go to finishing school with them.
My favorite characters so far are Prince Charmont (aka Char) and Ella because they are the nicer ones out of the book and the most realistic out of the non-realistic book.
My least favorite characters in this book are Hattie and Olive, the rude people that Ella just met, because they are so ignorant and mean to everyone. They're bratty and selfish, which I don't like, and they really need to have more manners. Their mom is just as bad though so I hope they get what they deserve.
There is also a movie that this book was made into. I saw the movie and so far it is really different from it. I am looking forward to seeing what happened and to really use my imagination on what this place looked like and how different it is from the movie.