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Land Of Stories: A Grimm Warning (2014)

by Chris Colfer(Favorite Author)

4.57 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

132205665X (ISBN13: 9781322056654)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

series

The Land of Stories

review 1: Ginger gave me, The Land of Stories book 3, A Grimm Warning for the holiday. I began reading it right away. I am a fan of books telling the backstory of fairy tale characters and combining worlds - past and the present. The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer is all that and more. If you've not read books 1 and 2, you'll probably want to get caught up before reading this volume.Ezmia has been defeated. The kingdoms of The Land of Stories are being rebuilt. Alex Bailey is by her grandmother's side in the Fairy Kingdom and on the Fairy Council. She is learning all she can about magic and wishes and dreams. It seems that growing up is challenging no matter where you are. "Sometimes I don't know if I should be a fairy. Don't get me wrong: I love magic and I love hel... moreping people. There are days I'll get up and feel so good about what I'm doing for people, and then others when I feel like I'm just screwing everything up. Some days I don't think I'm helping enough people and then other days I don't think people even want my help. And when I don't feel confident, my magic suffers - it becomes unpredictable." Conner is living in our dimension with his mother and step-dad, fulfilling his charge to keep stories alive by writing and sharing them with the world. He's discovered that he is quite a good storyteller and that he truly enjoys writing. Because of his skill and interest, Conner is offered an opportunity to travel to the University of Berlin for a Grimm Fest where the first reading of three Grimm tales from a two hundred year old time capsule will take place. Conner misses his twin terribly, and despite recent challenges in talking to each other in their mirror, the night before he leaves he is able to talk to Alex. At the end of the conversation they each snap off a corner of their mirrors so they'll be able to communicate wherever they are. That turns out to be an important thing because the stories are much more than that and the worlds - both The Land of Stories and our own - and in grave danger.It is up to Conner and his friend, Bree, to collect items in our dimension and for Alex, with Rook's encouragement, to uncover and discover features of her magical world that can combine to be more powerful than anything before. Throw in a wedding, an inaugural ball, elves, troblins (troll/goblins) unicorns, a dragon, a masked man and Napoleon's Grande Armee along the way and you've got an amazing adventure."How are you taking all of this so well? Don't you think the idea of another dimension seems insane?" Conner asks. Bree answers, "Not at all. I'm a writer too, Conner, and the reason I write is because I've always believed there is more to life than most people are willing to believe. You're just the first person to prove it to me." You'll be convinced of this too as you read and when you're done you'll be looking for the next volume in the series hoping to find answers to the remaining question and that maybe, just maybe, Mother Goose will let her secret slip.
review 2: Ginger gave me, The Land of Stories book 3, A Grimm Warning for the holiday. I began reading it right away. I am a fan of books telling the backstory of fairy tale characters and combining worlds - past and the present. The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer is all that and more. If you've not read books 1 and 2, you'll probably want to get caught up before reading this volume.Ezmia has been defeated. The kingdoms of The Land of Stories are being rebuilt. Alex Bailey is by her grandmother's side in the Fairy Kingdom and on the Fairy Council. She is learning all she can about magic and wishes and dreams. It seems that growing up is challenging no matter where you are. "Sometimes I don't know if I should be a fairy. Don't get me wrong: I love magic and I love helping people. There are days I'll get up and feel so good about what I'm doing for people, and then others when I feel like I'm just screwing everything up. Some days I don't think I'm helping enough people and then other days I don't think people even want my help. And when I don't feel confident, my magic suffers - it becomes unpredictable." Conner is living in our dimension with his mother and step-dad, fulfilling his charge to keep stories alive by writing and sharing them with the world. He's discovered that he is quite a good storyteller and that he truly enjoys writing. Because of his skill and interest, Conner is offered an opportunity to travel to the University of Berlin for a Grimm Fest where the first reading of three Grimm tales from a two hundred year old time capsule will take place. Conner misses his twin terribly, and despite recent challenges in talking to each other in their mirror, the night before he leaves he is able to talk to Alex. At the end of the conversation they each snap off a corner of their mirrors so they'll be able to communicate wherever they are. That turns out to be an important thing because the stories are much more than that and the worlds - both The Land of Stories and our own - and in grave danger.It is up to Conner and his friend, Bree, to collect items in our dimension and for Alex, with Rook's encouragement, to uncover and discover features of her magical world that can combine to be more powerful than anything before. Throw in a wedding, an inaugural ball, elves, troblins (troll/goblins) unicorns, a dragon, a masked man and Napoleon's Grande Armee along the way and you've got an amazing adventure."How are you taking all of this so well? Don't you think the idea of another dimension seems insane?" Conner asks. Bree answers, "Not at all. I'm a writer too, Conner, and the reason I write is because I've always believed there is more to life than most people are willing to believe. You're just the first person to prove it to me." You'll be convinced of this too as you read and when you're done you'll be looking for the next volume in the series hoping to find answers to the remaining question and that maybe, just maybe, Mother Goose will let her secret slip. less

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Amalia

The Land of Stories- A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer – Fantasy – 4th grade and up – Phew. This book was a really long read aloud. I’m so happy to be done. My son and I enjoyed it and found ourselves entertained throughout but boy, I am happy to be able to enjoy another book with the kiddo now. This is the third book in the Land of Stories series. I enjoyed revisiting characters, meeting new ones, and seeing where Chris Colfer was spinning his tale next. This one had a good mix of present, past, and more. There was a terrible cliffhanger in the end that had my son howling, so warning about that… It was fun to have a retelling of the Grimm brothers life story and also see how life was continuing in the Land of Stories.

BrianaRayne

Author:Chris KolferLand of Stories is a wonderful book. When you read it, you feel like it comes alive.The story is about twins Alex and Conner that have a grandmother who is the fairy godmother in the fairytale world and Alex is now the fairy godmother in training and is in the fairy tale world but Conner isn't. Now I won't give it away but they find a way to see each other again. Also My favorite part is when the fairy godmother gets better after being sick.I really think this is a wonderful and magical book.I really recommend it.People should really read this book.Riley G

bellamax32

Best book! Worst cliffhanger!

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