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Title:  The Two Princesses of Bamarre
Author:  Gail Carson Levine
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Reviewer:   Natalie H. '11

Princess Myrel is an adventurous, brave, outgoing princess who wants to slay dragons, and much more.  Princess Addelina (Addie for short) is a shy, cowardly, frail princess who's greatest fear is spiders, and who loves her sister more than anything in the world.  But when Myrel gets the Gray Death, a killing disease that is going through the kingdom (for which there is no cure) Addie is determined to find the cure before her sister dies.  Will Addie find the cure in  time?  Read the book to find out!
 
I recommend this book to people who like suspense, books by Gail Carson Levine, and books that are in the first person.  I wouldn't change this book at all.  It was great!!

Spring 2004
 
Reviewer:   Carly H. '11

This book is about two princesses, one is a coward, the other is brave beyond belief. They both are having an almost perfect life, until one day it all goes wrong. The brave princess Meryl catches the gray death and doesn’t have much time to live. Princess Addie (the coward) now has to go and find the cure so her sister will live, but she's just not skipping along looking for herbs, in this adventure she is going to have to face Gryphons, Dragons, Ogres, and the face of death.

I like this book because it has adventure, action, excitement, magic, and there is never a dull moment. I think everyone would like this book. Even though the main characters are princesses, they don’t act prissy, or spoiled  at all, so I think boys would even like this book.

Summer 2003

 
Reviewer:   Allison H. '10
 
A kingdom beset by monsters......A disease that weakens and destroys....A epic poem and a hero of  long ago......A story of danger and desperation..........And of the will of the weak to fight beside the strong. This enchanting fairy tale tells the story of Addie, a princess who has everything until her sister Meryl catches the Gray Death. It it then that Addie decides that she, even though she is afraid of the monsters that destroy Bamarre, will go out into the world and find a cure for the Gray Death. Will she live out where there is so many life threating things that could be right beside you and you would not know it?

I recommend this book to people who really enjoy fantasy.

Spring 2003

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