Most kids authors don't bring up mental health (another reason why the characters should've been aged up and this series been put in YA or at least Teen) but it was done well and tastefully. The books started getting a bit creepier and better from here on. I suppose he is writing the stories of people who simply looking for their happily ever after, which is something to which we can all relate.more Michael Buckley is a clever man who not only manages to re-invent characters that have populated the childhood of people all over the world for generations, but also he tells an incredibly compelling story about a family struggling to be whole again and all complications that can arise in our relationships as we struggle to be the best version of ourselves. I laughed, I gasped, I shouted, I cried (a little bit). Reading this book in particular, I reacted out loud to the words on the page. However, both of them grapple at times with very mature themes that elevate the work to being more than a simple children's story. The difference of course is that Sisters Grimm directly plays on established characters and stories and uses them in a brand new creative way while Harry Potter indirectly plays on other works to create an original world. Our main protagonist is struggling to come to terms with losing their parents, to fulfill a destiny of which they previously had no idea, and their world is full of fantastic and terrifying characters. Not that Sisters Grimm is a direct correlation to Harry Potter, but in some ways yes, they are very similar. In fact, reading this series makes me feel like I did when I was reading all the Harry Potter books. The difference of course is that S I adore this series. I deeply, deeply love this series! In fact, reading this series makes me feel like I did when I was reading all the Harry Potter books. ![]() How can a human child defeat a magic one? With the help of her little sister (who might be tougher than Sabrina realizes) and a long-lost relative, Sabrina finds a powerful weapon for fighting her enemies, and discovers that magic has a high price.more She has a chance to rescue her mom and dad but is foiled by the most famous fairy-tale character in the world. She has a chance to rescue her mom a A GRIMM FAMILY REUNIONįor Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, the latest in a long line of fairy-tale detectives, there is one mystery they want to solve more than all the others: Who kidnapped their parents more than a year ago? Sabrina enters the hideout of the Scarlet Hand, the sinister group of Everafters who are keeping her parents prisoner. ![]() ![]() A GRIMM FAMILY REUNION For Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, the latest in a long line of fairy-tale detectives, there is one mystery they want to solve more than all the others: Who kidnapped their parents more than a year ago? Sabrina enters the hideout of the Scarlet Hand, the sinister group of Everafters who are keeping her parents prisoner.
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