![]() As they race to the castle to find Aunt Grassina and enlist her help, Emma, Eadric and the other animals form friendships and overcome fears and prejudices that lead toward a happy ending for everyone. With her kind and friendly ways, Emma befriends the other creatures caged in the witch's house and one of them, a bat named Li'l (short for Li'l Stinker, which is what her mother called her) helps Emma to perform a spell that opens all of the cages, including her own. ![]() Emma and Eadric are captured by Vannabe, the wannabe witch who took over the cottage of Mudine, the witch who turned Eadric into a frog. Her interactions with Eadric are funny and Baker goes for a lot of laughs in this book making it a bit more light hearted and an easier read that Ella Enchanted. ![]() However, she also comes to realize that, as a frog, her life in constantly in danger. As a frog, Emma finds freedom in her abilities to make her own decisions and revels in her newfound swimming skills. The two spend the rest of the book trying to make their way back to the witch who cast the spell in the hopes that she can explain why the curse has not been broken. Instead of the desired effect, Emma herself is turned into a frog. Although she doesn't get all her questions answered, Emma returns to the swamp and Prince Eadric and gives him his kiss. ![]()
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