Details Select delivery location Used: Acceptable Details Sold by Zhu Zhu Store Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. This is a rare case: the book itself is superb, but the audio production surpasses it. By Gail Carson Levine Fairest (1st First Edition) Audio CD: : Books Buy used: 51.90 3.99 delivery February 6 - 9. Additional background music augments the many perilous predicaments Aza finds herself in, as well as providing a backdrop to the fairy-tale romance that develops between her and Prince Ijori. In a chance meeting, the treacherous new queen, whose abrasive voice has a Valley Girlesque quality, discovers Aza's talent and blackmails the girl into secretly providing her voice for all of the queen's public singing. In this masterful novel filled with humour, adventure, romance, and song, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine invites you to join Aza as she discovers how exquisite she truly is.

Homely Aza, abandoned at birth, not only sings like a lark, she can throw her voice and mimic others, a skill she calls illusing. Her vocal talents captivate all who hear them, and in Ontio Castle they attract the attention of a handsome prince and a dangerous new queen. Composer Todd Hobin has set Levine's lyrics to music Naughton does a terrific job as maid Aza, the narrator, a demanding role that requires near-operatic talents. Levine's enchanting, intelligent fairy tale, set in a kingdom devoted to singing, lends itself well to full-cast production this one features 32 voices. What does the theme say about life or people in general in fairest by gail Carson levine The theme says that people usually only see with their eyes and not with their mind.

Fairest by gail carson levine