I read this book and it was great! This book is about two sisters, Daphne and Sabrina. One day their parents suddenly go missing. Their life gets turned upside down. This is a great book and I encourage you to read it!
The Fairy Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, Book 1)
By Michael Buckley
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 7 | Grades 4 - 6 | U | 5.2 | 56907 |
With the winning combination of Nancy Drew meets Shrek, this first book in the new Sisters Grimm series will entertain with a hilarious mix of mysteries and fairy tale twists.
In the tradition of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and The Spiderwick Chronicles comes a new humorous mystery of fantastic circumstances. The Sisters Grimm (Book One): The Fairy Tale Detectives introduces us to two orphaned sisters, Sabrina and Daphne, who are sent to live with their mysterious grandmother, Relda Grimm. Grandmother Grimm lives in a strange town in New York State, known for it's extraordinary number of unexplained and unusual crimes. As soon as the sisters arrive, they begin to unravel a mystery that leads to their ancestors' magical beginnings. Sabrina and Daphne learn they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm, who were actually detectives of the magical phenomenon perpetrated by the Everafters, a parallel race of magical beings. They soon discover it is the Grimm family's legacy to keep the Everafters in line and the two sisters are the sole heirs to this challenge!
In this first book in the series, the girls are pitted against giants, who have been rampaging through town in their search for an Englishman named Jack, currently working at the Big & Tall store.
In a new breed of mystery that intermingles humor, excitement, adventure and imagination, The Sisters Grimm Book One: The Fairy Tale Detectives will inject the legends of fairytale with modern day sensibilities and suspense, creating an irresistible combination young readers will love!
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Its a really good book.-
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so far it is really good
I read this book two years ago and we are studying the fairytale genre so decided to read it again. This book is really good if you're wanting a book that you can hardly put down! Full of mysteries and fairy tales!
this book was so good I as so into it. Many of the books I read I can't get into it but this book I loved from the first word.
Love this book. It is boring at the start and then it gets better. Daphne and Sabrina are normal New York kids and then there parents left them. So they have to live with their Grandma. Sabrina doesn't think it's their real grandma. Now Sabrina believes it's their real grandma and she gets captured by a giant will Sabrina and Daphne a 7 and 12 year old figure out how to kill the giant. Want to know more? Check it out at your local library.
Great book.Going to read whole series
this book is so good the author is a really good one also for me it started of slow then got really good.
great book