![]() Second, she learns too late that one must now pay a fee in order to become an apprentice, and she doesn't have the required money. She wants to be a mansioner (what we would call an actor). Two things get in the way of achieving this goal: first, Elodie doesn't want to be a craftswoman. The main ideas is that Elodie, a 12-year-old girl, is leaving the farm she grew up on to go to the bigger city in order to become an apprentice to a weaver or some other respectable tradesman. It isn't as good as Ella Enchanted, but I still liked it. "This book is charming, as are all of Gail Carson Levine's books. Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine weaves an entrancing tale of a fearsome ogre, a dragon detective, and a remarkable heroine who finds friendship where she least expects it, learns that there are many ways to mansion, and discovers that goodness and evil come in all shapes and sizes. ![]() Elodie must discover which of them is kind, which is cruel, and, most of all, which is the one who deserves her trust. Black-and-white cats, a handsome cat trainer, a greedy king, a giddy princess, a shape-shifting ogre, a brilliant dragon. There, disguised as a kitchen maid, she plays the role of a lifetime, pitted against a foe intent on murder. ![]() ![]() Brilliant dragon Meenore takes her in, then sends her on a dangerous mission within an ogre’s castle. ![]() Elodie journeys to the town of Two Castles to become a mansioner - an actress - but the master of the troupe turns her away. ![]()
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