Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted
Teen Creeps
Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week Kelly and Katai read ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine, the 1997 retelling of Cinderella. They talk fat shaming, questionable Centaur owning, disliking Ella, pointless finishing schools, movie adaptation improvements, consider revoking the book’s Newbery honor, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Teen Creep's listeners, Kelly here. I wrote a book. I'm really, really proud of it, and I cannot wait to share it with you. It's called The Latchkey Twins Case Number 46th, The Twins Solve a Murder. This is the 46th book in a fictional, non-existent series about two child detectives named Pesto and Turnpike, and they're twins, but they couldn't be more |
| 0:22.5 | different. Vastidious and careful Pesto is happy with the cases they've been solving. What's wrong with |
| 0:27.0 | cupcake capers and degenerate dognappers? Meanwhile, Turnpike, the troublemaker, longs for more adventure. |
| 0:32.4 | When they stumble upon a murder in their peaceful town of River Valley, the twins embark on a |
| 0:36.6 | journey unlike anything |
| 0:37.7 | they've ever experienced. This murder mystery is the spookiest, bloodiest case yet faced by |
| 0:42.7 | the Lachkey Twins. This is a nostalgic, fantastical romp in the world of vintage children's |
| 0:48.2 | horror mysteries. So check it out. We have the link to purchase in the episode description. I would |
| 0:53.0 | appreciate any support. I'm also going to work to try and get this thing in libraries. in the episode description. I would appreciate any support. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm also going to work to try and get this thing in libraries. |
| 0:57.5 | I don't know. |
| 0:58.2 | I'm doing this all by myself. |
| 0:59.5 | But I'm appreciative of any kind of support. |
| 1:02.6 | Thanks so much, guys. |
| 1:03.7 | Enjoy the episode. |
| 1:09.9 | This week on the podcast. |
| 1:14.6 | Gail Carson Levines. |
| 1:17.6 | Oh my God. |
| 1:19.1 | Gail Carson Levine's Pella Enchanted. |
| 1:25.9 | Hello, welcome to Teen Crips, the podcast that discusses why a Pulp Fiction and more. |
| 1:31.4 | I'm one of your host, Lindsay K Tai. |
| 1:32.9 | I'm one of your host, Kelly Nugent. |
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