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The Two Princesses of Bamarre - Community Reviews back

by Gail Carson Levine
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Read It and Weep
Read It and Weep rated it 9 years ago
This book is a fantasy story about two sisters that could not be more different. When brave Princess Meryl catches the Grey Death, cautious Princess Addie must set off on a dangerous quest to look for a cure. I would implement this book in the classroom as a way to address stereotypes. I would then ...
KizunaYueMichaelis
KizunaYueMichaelis rated it 10 years ago
Booo, not what I have expected. It was hard to like Addie; all she does is being afraid, observe while her sister is dying. She is not as quiet as the plot suggest it; in fact, she whines a lot. And the dragon! What an awful personality. The book has all the elements I love so much in a Fantasy Medi...
KizunaYueMichaelis
KizunaYueMichaelis rated it 10 years ago
Booo, not what I have expected. It was hard to like Addie; all she does is being afraid, observe while her sister is dying. She is not as quiet as the plot suggest it; in fact, she whines a lot. And the dragon! What an awful personality. The book has all the elements I love so much in a Fantasy Med...
hystericalcheezit
hystericalcheezit rated it 12 years ago
I think I've read this one but I'm not entirely certain?
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
In a land where a disease, the Grey Death, kills many there lives two sisters, princesses called Meryl and Addie. Meryl is the brave one and Addie is timid. When Meryl is stricken with the disease Addie has to overcome many obstacles, not least of which is her own timidity, to find a cure. It does...
Reading a Thousand Lives
Reading a Thousand Lives rated it 12 years ago
I LOVED this book as a kid.
debzbookshelf
debzbookshelf rated it 13 years ago
Is this for real? My all-time favorite book of my childhood wasn't added to my Goodreads shelf? I distinctly remember adding it when I first joined!
siobhanparker
siobhanparker rated it 14 years ago
Like many people of my generation, I grew up around fairy tales. Between Disney animated fare, multiple literary treasuries, and probably some other things...yeah, I was a bit surrounded by the likes of Cinderella and Snow White. Gail Carson Levine's "The Two Princesses of Bamarre" is a fairy tale...
Jessie Reads Everything
Jessie Reads Everything rated it 14 years ago
I loved this book! It takes into account the different personalities of two sisters and how these two sisters build off of each other. I love how Levine presents the age old plot of fears get conquered to save the people we love.
Medusa's Stories
Medusa's Stories rated it 15 years ago
"She could storm a castle, but you could last a siege."-A description of the two princesses by the dragon Vollys.Meryl is brave, brash and energetic. Addie is shy and terrified of everything. But when Meryl falls fatally ill, it's Addie who has to face monsters in a quest to save her sister. Whether...
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