A Grimm Warning
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
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Chris Colfer
Conner Bailey thinks his fairy-tale adventures are behind him - until he discovers a mysterious clue left by the famous Brothers Grimm. With help from his classmate Bree and the outlandish Mother Goose, Conner sets off on a mission across Europe to crack a two-hundred-year-old code.Meanwhile, Alex Bailey is training to become the next Fairy Godmother . . . but her attempts at granting wishes never go as planned. Will she ever be truly ready to lead the Fairy Council?When all signs point to disaster for the Land of Stories, Conner and Alex must join forces with their friends and enemies to save the day. But nothing can prepare them for the coming battle . . . or for the secret that will change the twins' lives forever.The third book in the bestselling Land of Stories series puts the twins to the test as they must bring two worlds together!
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Author
Chris Colfer
Pages
480
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
Published Date
2014-07-08
ISBN
0349124388 9780349124384
Ratings
Google: 5
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"after the portal has been sealed off to separate the fantasy world form the real world, Alex and Conner Bailey go through their lives as planned. after being separated forever, Alex is planned to become part of the happily ever after assembly, and the fairy council. conner then gets an opportunity to go to Germany with his teacher and his crush, Bree, to hear three stories that were never heard that the brothers Grimm wrote. after trying to persuade his mom and stepdad, they agree to let him go. after months of saving and planning, the trip is so close and Conner is head over heels excited to go. after hearing the last story he figures out that it is a warning for the land of stories telling him that there is a two-hundred-year-old French grand army is trying to conquer the land of stories. using his magic glass mirror he tries to contact Alex to warn her but instead is greeted by mother goose. she tells him that he has to go to the Neuschwanstein castle and after heading on the long excursion with Bree, he finally arrives at the Neuschwanstein castle and meets up with a German boy named Emmerich. he knows the castle inside and out, they find the room that the portal is in and they summon it to see if it opens, to their surprise it opens and forces them inside the land of stories.<br/><br/>in the land of stories, a very important quote is,"the first cut is the deepest, but not all cuts leave a scar." another one is when Conner is asking his mom and stepdad if he could go to Germany,<br/>“Whenever Conner asked them for something he acted like a hyper Chihuahua.” a very important one, in my opinion, is when Alex and Conner are in Hagettas house who is a witch, and Hagetta tells them that she gave Goldilocks her first sword,“You gave Goldilocks her first sword? That's like giving Shakespeare his first pen.” she also tells the kids this, about her being a witch and everyone being a stereotype,“All it takes is one bad apple to disgrace the whole tree.” they are talking about love when it said,“These days people act like love is an island, they all want to swim to it but no one wants to get wet.” <br/><br/>this has been one of my favorite books, I have always been a fan of fantasy and the mystical creatures in the adventures. I also love how this one takes a history lesson on the French revolution to the next level. it's also during this time period so we know what struggles they face with and the way they act. though I am not a fan of cliffhangers, I thought this one was a smack in the face when I read what happened at the end. I would've love to see the elves in this more but you can't have everything."
""A Grimm Warning" by Chris Colfer follows the twins Conner who is, in the modern world has he follows clues left by the Brothers Grimm while this sister is, in the fairytale world trying to learn to be a fairy when trouble brews. <br/><br/>I would give "A Grimm Warning" by Chris Colfer a 5-star review because, 1; I really like the humor surrounding the characters 2; I like the unique way the author included the brothers Grimm and 3; I really loved their adventures in this book I'm super jealous I would love to go to Europe."
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Lillyanna
"I was first drawn to this series because I liked Chris Colfer on Glee. I enjoyed the first two books, so naturally I wanted to give the third one a try. <br/><br/>Just as the first two books were, this one is a fun, easy read. It's a bit lengthy, and I thought some parts could have been edited down a bit, but that really wasn't a big deal. I never really felt like it dragged too much, or was boring. <br/><br/>This story is also extremely predictable. Though, as I said about the first two, that's not really a bad thing. It's written primarily for children, and things that are predictable for an adult are not necessarily going to be easily predicted by children. <br/><br/>As always, I enjoyed the narration by Chris. I like his voices, even if his British accents are not the best. They're fun. I particularly like his Red voice. I was glad that the girl with the braces wasn't around for the whole book. I could not stand his lispy mouth-full-of-braces voice. It was obnoxious! That's really the only negative I can think of in terms of the audiobook version.<br/><br/>I'm sure that when the fourth book's audiobook is available through my library I will give it a listen. As I said, it's a fun series, with a new spin on familiar fairy tale characters. Though I am a little more hesitant to see that we'll be venturing into Oz next time. Hopefully it will go well."
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