For Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, life hasn't been a fairy tale. After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, the sisters are sent to live with their grandmother - a woman they believed was dead! Granny Relda reveals that the girls have two famous ancestors, the Brothers Grimm, whose classic book of fairy tales is actually a collection of case files of magical mischief. Now the girls must take on the family responsibility of being fairy-tale detectives. Their first case? A roller coaster ride of an adventure to stop a giant from destroying their new hometown.
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The Sisters Grimm, The Fairy-Tale Detectives
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| Author | Michael Buckley |
| Illustrator | Peter Ferguson |
| Publisher | Amulet Books, 2007 |
| Genres | Action / Adventure / Sports • Emotions / Feelings • Family & Friends • Fantasy / Make Believe • Humorous • Lessons / Behavior • Mystery / Suspense |
| Age Range | 3rd through 5th • 6th through 9th |
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Mamma Bookworm review
Cute story, will probably read the rest of them
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The Sisters Grimm, Book 1 - The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley, is the start of a series that is very similar to Harry Potter or A Series of Unfortunate Events. A pair of sisters stuck in the foster care system are soon to be dropped off with a grandmother they thought was dead. The girls think that they were abandoned by their parents and the older sister, Sabrina (12), is angry at the world and unable to trust anyone. The younger, Daphne (7), still has much of her childhood innocence, because in a way still has a guardian figure in her life through her sister. After arriving at their grandmothers, the girls discover that they are from a long line of regular people living among fairy tale people/creatures - or 'Everafters' as they prefer to be called. The story quickly turns to adventure when Granny Relda is kidnapped by a giant and the girls must figure out how to save her. The basics of the storyline have been pretty popular these days - young kid finds out they are special in some way, is taken somewhere magical and unfamiliar, and then tested for bravery, strength, and smarts. I imagine the reason we see this storyline so often is because it works. It lets the child who is reading consider what they would do in the characters place since they are 'regular kids' just like they are. The story was fun, not too predictable, and definitely lends itself to a large series of stories. The only thing that I could find possibly being objectionable to some parents would be a small amount of death in the story. Threats like, "If I catch you, I'll slit your throat!" or the fact that a few characters are killed by a giant stepping on them. There is some violence in the story, but nothing that a mature 3rd grader or average 5th grader couldn't handle. |
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