In a message dated 6/24/02 5:16:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> From "Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep" by Gail Carson Levine  (She won
> the Newberry Award for Ella Enchanted.  I've enjoyed her other books
> turning fairy tales upside down and showing strong heroines.)  How could
> this woman write this?!  Her bio says she lives with her husband in
> Brewster, NY.  How does one contact an author to tell her how offensive
> this is?
>
>

I am quite upset with this.  Her book Ella Enchanted is my dd's hands-down
favorite book.  I found a website with fan mail for this author from hundreds
of 10-12 yr. old little girls.  I am sick thinking that millions of girls at
just the age we want them to consider bfing have formed a deep-seated
impression that bfing is so archaic as to be considered caniballistic.  A
magical character by your favorite author puts it in such a snappy way while
establishing the character's basic personality!!  Aaarrghhh...

The publisher has says they will fwd snail mail if sent to the address below.
 You can bet I will be licking an envelope tomorrow.

Karen Seroussi
FL, USA

> Gail Carson Levine
> c/o Author mail, 7th Floor
> HarperCollins Publishers
> 10 East 53rd Street
> New York, NY 10022
>
>








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