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Gail Carson Levine's first book for children, ELLA ENCHANTED, was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book. She is also the author of THE FAIRY'S MISTAKE, THE PRINCESS TEST, and PRINCESS SONORA and THE LONG SLEEP. Gail and her husband live in a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse in Brewster, New York.

TWO PRINCESSES OF BAMARRE
The Princess Addie is fearful and shy while Princess Meryl is bold and brave. But when disaster strikes, Addie must set out on perilous quest to save both of their lives --- and the kingdom of Bamarre.



Gail Carson Levine's Summer Reading List

JIM THE BOY
by Tony Earley
Comes with high recommendations

TRAVELING MERCIES: Some Thoughts on Faith
by Anne LaMott
Because I love her voice, and I want to know what she has to say on the subject

THE POISONWOOD BIBLE
by Barbara Kingsolver
This one will probably take most of the summer, it's so long

THE LAST JEW
by Noah Gordon
He's a marvelous writer, and this one connects to my long-ago family history during the Spanish inquisition

ANOTHER LIFE: A Memoir of Other People
by Michael Korda
I'm partway through this. It's about publishing, and it can be wickedly funny

EMPIRE FALLS
by Richard Russo
Because I loved NOBODY'S FOOL so much

DANCING IN CADILLAC LIGHT
by Kimberly Willis Holt
Because it's a young adult book, and I admired WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN.

BREATHING UNDERWATER
by Alex Flinn
A young adult book and my editor's recommendation

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