Hardcover, $16.99. ISBN: 978-0-399-25096-5.
Book Talk:
What if....
Fairy Tale magic was true?There existed a library that held all of the known fairy tale treasures in the world?
You were to be offered a job working in this same library?
You were entrusted with the key to the Grimm collection, which houses the most powerful of all the fairy tale treasures?
Fifteen year old Elizabeth Rew has had a rough year. Her father pulled her out of her old school and enrolled her in the local public school because he has to pay tuition for her stepsisters. With money as tight as it is, Elizabeth has had to give up dance lessons, her school, and her friends.
When she writes a paper about the Brothers Grimm, her Social Studies teacher finds her to be the perfect candidate for a job as a page at the New York Circulating Material Collection. People borrow materials from this collection for several days to study the artifacts of the past.
Within days of her employment at the library, Elizabeth discovers the Grimm Room - a collection of very real magical fairy tale items. Any employee is allowed to check materials out of the collection once they are found to be trustworthy.
Happy to work in a mystical place with wonderful new friends, Elizabeth is content in her new job until she discovers that items have been mysteriously disappearing from the Grimm Collection. A mysterious flying bird has been chasing pages around New York. Even more disturbing, two pages have recently disappeared with no explanation.
Is the thief a member of the staff? Why is the bird chasing the Pages? Can Elizabeth and her friends find the answers before they become the next victims?
Author's Web Site:
http://www.pollyshulman.com/
Reviewer's Note:
Awesome, enchanting book! I loved every minute of the read. The sub-plots surrounding the growing friendships between the characters, was an unexpected highlight!
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