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2. Ella
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Language:
English
Description:
"When fifteen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald’s mother dies at the height of the Depression in 1932, the teenager goes to work for the mob to support herself and her family. When the law finally catches up, the “ungovernable” adolescent is incarcerated in the New York Training School for Girls in upstate New York—a wicked prison infamous for its harsh treatment of inmates, especially Black ones. Determined to be free, Ella escapes and makes her way...
Publisher:
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2004]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
1 stars
Description:
Ella lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from their fairy Godmother at birth. Ella's gift - and curse - was that of obedience. As a result, Ella cannot refuse any command, and as a result she is often taken advantage of. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious "gift". Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books...
Author:
Publisher:
Barron's
Pub. Date:
2008
Language:
English
Description:
After finishing her ballet class, Ella Bella listens to music from Tchaikovsky's ballet The sleeping beauty ballet and is magically transported into the story where the ballet takes place. She meets all the story's characters and she watches as the legendary tale unolds before her very eyes.
13. Ella
Author:
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date:
1964
Language:
English
Description:
A spiteful, conceited elephant runs away from the circus and immediately regrets her course of action.
14. Ella
Author:
Publisher:
Viking, published by Penguin Group
Pub. Date:
[2015]
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 730L
Language:
English
Description:
"In this modern-day parody, a six-year-old girl named Ella charms and terrorizes the very hip city hotel where she lives"--
Author:
Publisher:
Barron's
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
Christmas is coming, and Madame Rosa has prepared a surprise party for her ballet class. "Ella Bella, would you fetch the music box?" asks Madame Rosa. "Then we can have some dancing at our party." As the music begins playing, little Ella Bella is magically transported into the enchanting, festive world of "The Nutcracker "ballet.
Author:
Language:
English
Description:
"Ella's kindly ballet teacher, Madame Rosa, introduces the children to A Midsummer night's dream by Felix Mendelssohn. Ella is so inspired that she stays behind after class is over for just one more fairy dance . . .and finds herself transported into the story! . . . A brief passage at the back of the book tells the story of William Shakespeare's beloved comedy and includes some interesting facts about Felix Mendelssohn's enchanting music."--Book...
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Series:
Publisher:
Scholastic
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description:
Tia the Tulip Fairy's petal is lost in the apple orchard. Can Rachel and Kirsty find it before Jack Frost's goblins do?
Ella the Rose Fairy's petal is the only one still missing. Will Rachel and Kirsty have to face off with Jack Frost to get it?
19. Ella
Author:
Publisher:
Lyrical Press
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
Ella Beaufort knew better than to rely on a sexy stranger. But with two sisters to support on the modest earnings of the family sheep station, she accepts shearer Cal Lynton's help-along with his intoxicating kiss. The most Ella can hope for is an affair. Something a woman in her situation wouldn't dare-or would she? Heir to his family fortune, Charlton Alfred Landon Lynton abandoned his privileged life to prove his independence. He doesn't have time...
20. Ella
Author:
Publisher:
Zebra Books
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
In Sarah Price's heartwarming Amish version of this best-loved fairytale, a hardworking, overlooked young woman is rewarded in unexpected ways . . . "Be kind and have faith." Ella Troyer strives to abide by her mother's final words, although life in the small Amish town of Echo Creek isn't always easy. Her new stepmother, Linda, treats her coldly, and her two stepsisters, Drusilla and Anna, delight in gossip and laziness. After her father's death,...