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Book Summary
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm have been moved from family to family after their parents disappeared over a year ago. Now they are being sent to someone who claims to be their grandmother, but that they've never met. It turns out that they are descendents of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and the fairy tales are actually history. The Everafters, as the fairy tale characters call themselves, moved to America to avoid persecution, but they were restricted to the very small town where the Grimm sisters find themselves living with their grandmother who is very odd. Someone has brought a giant into town and the Grimms have to find out who and stop the giant before he tears up the whole town.
APA Reference of Book
Buckley, M. (2005). The sisters Grimm: The fairy-tale detectives.New York, NY: Amulet Books.
Impressions
I really enjoyed this book. The characters are well-developed and there are several unexpected twists in the plot that keep readers guessing what will happen next. As the first book in a series, the book does a good job of setting up the major characters and introducing the various conflicts that are likely to happen over the course of the series. The reader is introduced to many familiar fairy tale characters who all appear a bit different from when they were last seen in their original tale due to being confined to a small town for several hundred years. Overall, the book is a good light mystery for kids.
Professional Review
"Readers will definitely have to be up on their folktales, as well as children's lit classics in general, to catch all the references in this terrific, head-spinning series opener. Dumped roughly out of foster care into the arms of Relda, a twinkly-eyed woman claiming to be their grandma, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, 11 and seven, find themselves in Ferryport Landing, a seemingly normal New York town originally (and more accurately) dubbed Fairyport Landing. It's inhabited by the likes of Mayor Charming, three chubby cops named Boarman, Swineheart and Hamstead and vulpine Mr. Canis--all transported overseas for their own safety long ago by four-times-Great Grandpa Wilhelm Grimm. Borrowing a flying carpet and a certain pair of silver slippers from a fashion-conscious Magic Mirror, Sabrina and Daphne quickly find themselves springing the renowned Jack from jail to help deal with a destructive giant who has snatched Relda. All is, however, not as it seems. Rich in well-set-up surprises and imaginatively tweaked characters, this tongue-in-cheek frolic features both a pair of memorable young sleuths and a madcap plot with plenty of leads into future episodes. (Fantasy. 10-12)"
[Review of The sisters Grimm: The fairy-tale detectives by Michael Buckley]. (2005). Kirkus Reviews. 73(19), 1077. Retrieved from: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/
Library Uses
This book would be a good set up for a mystery night at the library. The book can be used to give the general outline of the program and the kids could solve the mystery just like the Grimm sisters.
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