by Michael Buckley
Harry N. Abrams, 2007
GENRE: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Mystery
HONORS: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2006, Kirkus: The best Children's Books of 2005
REVIEW: After
moving from foster home to foster home, orphaned sisters Daphne and Sabrina are
sent to live with their grandmother – a woman they had been told was dead. Granny
Relda takes the girls to her home in Ferryport Landing where she reveals to the
girls that they are actually descendents of the original Brothers Grimm who
were not only storytellers, but detectives of cases involving magical phenomenon
involving the Everafters, a magical race that inhabits Ferryport Landing. Soon
enough, Granny Relda goes missing and the girls find themselves solving their
first case involving giants, Prince Charming and an Englishman.
OPINION: I was
recommended this series by a number of tweens, and enjoyed the retellings and
fracturing of fairytales and how they had been explained for use in a modern
setting. It mixes the extraordinary content of familiar tales with our ordinary
familiar world.
IDEAS: Fairytale
retellings are a growing and popular subgenre. This would make for a great
inclusion in a fairy tale retellings/fractured fairy tale display, or as the
inspiration for a short story contest for tweens involving a reimagining of
familiar fairy tales.
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