Author guide

Gail Carson Levine Books in Order

Gail Carson Levine is an American children's and young adult author best known for Ella Enchanted, which received a Newbery Honor. Her work frequently reimagines fairy tales and combines fantasy with questions of courage, identity, friendship, and moral choice. She has also written historical and contemporary novels, picture books, poetry, and books about creative writing.

children's literatureyoung adult fictionfantasyfairy-tale retellingshistorical fictionpoetrywriting guides

Gail Carson Levine's Newest Book

Sparrows in the Wind

novel · First published 2022

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Ella Enchanted

Best-known entry point and the author's breakthrough novel.

The Fairy's Mistake

Beginning of The Princess Tales and a concise introduction to Levine's fairy-tale retellings.

Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg

Beginning of the Fairy Dust Trilogy.

A Tale of Two Castles

Beginning of the linked fantasy-mystery series.

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Books by series

novella-series · complete

The Princess Tales

Six separately published comic fairy-tale retellings.

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1

The Fairy's Mistake
Book 1 · novella · 1999

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2

The Princess Test
Book 2 · novella · 1999

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3

Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep
Book 3 · novella · 1999

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4

Cinderellis and the Glass Hill
Book 4 · novella · 2000

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5

For Biddle's Sake
Book 5 · novella · 2002

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6

The Fairy's Return
Book 6 · novella · 2002

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children's-fantasy-series · complete

The Fairy Dust Trilogy

Three illustrated fantasy novels set in Disney's Never Land and centered on fairies and fairy dust.

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1

Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
Book 1 · illustrated-novel · 2005

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2

Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
Book 2 · illustrated-novel · 2007

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3

Fairies and the Quest for Never Land
Book 3 · illustrated-novel · 2010

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