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| {{short description|2005–2012 fantasy book series by Michael Buckley}} | {{short description|2005–2012 fantasy book series by Michael Buckley}} | ||
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| {{Infobox book series | {{Infobox book series | ||
| | name = ''The Sisters Grimm'' | | name = ''The Sisters Grimm'' | ||
| | books = {{plainlist|* '' |
| books = {{plainlist|* ''The Fairy-tale Detectives'' | ||
| * '' |
* ''The Unusual Suspects'' | ||
| * '' |
* ''The Problem Child'' | ||
| * '' |
* ''Once Upon a Crime'' | ||
| * ''Magic and Other Misdemeanors'' | * ''Magic and Other Misdemeanors'' | ||
| * ''Tales from the Hood'' | * ''Tales from the Hood'' | ||
| * '' |
* ''The Everafter War'' | ||
| * ''The Inside Story'' | * ''The Inside Story'' | ||
| * ''The Council of Mirrors'' | * ''The Council of Mirrors'' | ||
| }} | }} | ||
| | image = The Sisters Grimm logo.png | | image = The Sisters Grimm logo.png | ||
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| | author = ] | | author = ] | ||
| | illustrator = Peter Ferguson | | illustrator = Peter Ferguson | ||
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| '''''The Sisters Grimm''''' is a children's ] ] written by ] and illustrated by Peter Ferguson. The series |
'''''The Sisters Grimm''''' is a children's ] ] written by ] and illustrated by Peter Ferguson. The series is partially based on the works and lives of the ], with the titular protagonists, Sabrina Grimm and Daphne Grimm, being their fictional descendants, and the supporting cast featuring many characters from the ]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buckley |first=Michael |title=The Fairy-Tale Detectives |publisher=Abrams |year=2005 |isbn=9781419720055}}</ref> | ||
| As of 2023, an animated television series is in development for ] by Per Capita Productions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Gregg |date=2022-09-01 |title='Bones and All' Producer Park Takes Offbeat Path in Picking Projects |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/bones-and-all-venice-1235356128/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Sisters Grimm |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14348758/ |type=Animation |access-date=2023-12-17 |publisher=Per Capita Productions}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | ==Summary== | ||
| After their parents disappear, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm go through a series of foster homes. In each place, they must work as maids, servants, and other jobs inappropriate for children. They even experience abuse and neglect. Their ], Ms. Minerva Smirt, is a harsh and uncaring woman who repeatedly fails to assign them to a safe home. After all of their troubles, they end up in the care of their long-lost grandmother, who they believed was dead. Sabrina worries that she is crazy, due to the old woman's belief that fairy tales exist. | |||
| ⚫ | ==Summary== | ||
| After their parents disappear, sisters Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with their grandmother, Relda Grimm, in the town of Ferryport Landing. As soon as the sisters arrive, they 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. Working as detectives in their family business, the sisters Grimm solve mysteries possibly connected to the disappearance of their parents. While following their family traditions, they also must deal with Puck, a trickster fairy boy who lives with them. Unfortunately for the sisters, the Scarlet Hand, an evil group of Everafters, seeks to escape from the town and take over the world. | |||
| ==Books== | ==Books== | ||
| * ''''' |
* '''''The Fairy-tale Detectives''''': In the first book of the series, the girls are pitted against giants, who have been rampaging through town in their search for an Englishman named Jack who is in jail for an unspecified crime. | ||
| * ''''' |
* '''''The Unusual Suspects''''': The Sisters Grimm start school at Ferryport Landing Elementary. Daphne gets ] for a teacher, while Sabrina's stuck with Mr. Grumpner and a class of mildly psychotic sixth graders. When Mr. Grumpner is murdered in a particularly unusual way, it is up to the Grimms to find the Everafter who did it. A great friend turns into a great enemy, and when the school is blown up by ], who turns into a human bomb, Mr. Canis doesn't make it out in time. | ||
| * '''''The Problem Child''''': The Sisters Grimm face their parents' kidnappers, an organization of Everafters who call themselves the Scarlet Hand. One of them turns out to be Little Red Riding Hood, and the other, the ], an unstoppable killing machine. The girls have little hope of rescuing their mother and father until their long-lost Uncle Jake returns home with stories of a weapon, now missing, that can kill the Jabberwocky. Sabrina, given a wand by Uncle Jake, gets a magic addiction. Only the Blue Fairy can put the pieces of the Vorpal Blade together |
* '''''The Problem Child''''': The Sisters Grimm face their parents' kidnappers, an organization of Everafters who call themselves the Scarlet Hand. One of them turns out to be Little Red Riding Hood, and the other, the ], an unstoppable killing machine. The girls have little hope of rescuing their mother and father until their long-lost Uncle Jake returns home with stories of a weapon, now missing, that can kill the Jabberwocky. Sabrina, given a wand by Uncle Jake, gets a magic addiction. Only the Blue Fairy can put the pieces of the Vorpal Blade together. | ||
| * ''''' |
* '''''Once Upon a Crime''''': The girls and their friends must figure out who killed Puck's father, King Oberon, while coming to terms with their mother's secret life. | ||
| * '''''Magic and Other Misdemeanors''''': Someone is stealing the magical possessions of the most powerful Everafters in town. Granny is distracted by Mayor Heart's campaigning against human residents, the girl detectives are on their own. ] (now an exterminator), ] (a radio relationship counselor), ] (owner of a coffee shop), and their old enemy, ], are among the many suspects. The girls get sucked into the future and are surprised at what they see. | * '''''Magic and Other Misdemeanors''''': Someone is stealing the magical possessions of the most powerful Everafters in town. Granny is distracted by Mayor Heart's campaigning against human residents, the girl detectives are on their own. ] (now an exterminator), ] (a radio relationship counselor), ] (owner of a coffee shop), and their old enemy, ], are among the many suspects. The girls get sucked into the future and are surprised at what they see. | ||
| * '''''Tales from the Hood''''': A ] |
* '''''Tales from the Hood''''': A ] of Everafters, led by the Queen of Hearts, is determined to find Mr. Canis guilty and force the Grimms out of Ferryport Landing. Meanwhile, Puck has decided to focus more on his mischievous ways, making a few new troublemaker friends to protect the family. It's up to Sabrina and Daphne to find evidence to save Mr. Canis. | ||
| * ''''' |
* '''''The Everafter War''''': Sabrina and Daphne's parents awake from their sleeping spell, but they are caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army. As the family works to help the prince and protect their friends, Sabrina faces the family's deadliest enemy, the mysterious Master. | ||
| * '''''The Inside Story''''': Picking up where the cliffhanger ending of book seven left off, this book follows Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck through |
* '''''The Inside Story''''': Picking up where the cliffhanger ending of book seven left off, this book follows Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck through the Book of Everafter, where all the fairy tales are stored and enchanted characters can change their destinies. The girls and Puck must chase the Master through a series of stories. Soon, however, they are confronted by The Editor - the book's guardian - who, along with an army of tiny monsters known as Revisers, threaten the children with dire consequences if they don't stick to the stories. They move from one legendary tale to the next doing their best to find the Master and stop his plan to steal and inhabit the child's body. | ||
| * '''''The Council of Mirrors''''': The final battle has begun. Sabrina, Daphne and their family and friends must fight the Master, who has failed to escape Ferryport Landing. After his failure, the Master turns to plan B: kill every last member of the Grimm family until the barrier surrounding the town falls. The Grimm family and the Scarlet Hand must join hands against the Master. | |||
| ⚫ | * '''''The Sisters Grimm: A Very Grimm Guide''''': Released in January 2012, the Guide contains extra information about Ferryport Landing, the characters and the series itself. | ||
| * '''''The Council of Mirrors''''': The final battle has begun. Sabrina, Daphne and their family and friends must fight the Master, who has failed to escape Ferryport Landing. After his failure, the Master turns to plan B: kill every last member of the Grimm family until the barrier surrounding the town falls. The Grimm family and the Scarlet Hand must join hands against the Master. It includes peeks at Sabrina's later life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/#!/michaelbuckleyfanpage|title=michaelbuckleyfanpage|website=Facebook}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | * '''''The Sisters Grimm: A Very Grimm Guide''''': Released in January 2012, the Guide |
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| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
| ''The Sisters Grimm'' series received many honors, including the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toyportfolio.com/Awards_Results5.php?Product=sisters+grimm&Review_Year=&Artist_Credit=&Date_Created=&Company=&Price=&License=&Send_To_Web=Y&Search.x=0&Search.y=0&Search=Search|title=Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717082147/http://www.toyportfolio.com/Awards_Results5.php?Product=sisters+grimm&Review_Year=&Artist_Credit=&Date_Created=&Company=&Price=&License=&Send_To_Web=Y&Search.x=0&Search.y=0&Search=Search|archive-date=2011-07-17}}</ref> and the '']'' Best Fantasy Book award.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best Children's Books of 2005 |url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/images/pdf/kr_childrens_best_1205.pdf |
''The Sisters Grimm'' series received many honors, including the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toyportfolio.com/Awards_Results5.php?Product=sisters+grimm&Review_Year=&Artist_Credit=&Date_Created=&Company=&Price=&License=&Send_To_Web=Y&Search.x=0&Search.y=0&Search=Search|title=Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717082147/http://www.toyportfolio.com/Awards_Results5.php?Product=sisters+grimm&Review_Year=&Artist_Credit=&Date_Created=&Company=&Price=&License=&Send_To_Web=Y&Search.x=0&Search.y=0&Search=Search|archive-date=2011-07-17}}</ref> and the '']'' Best Fantasy Book award.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best Children's Books of 2005 |url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/images/pdf/kr_childrens_best_1205.pdf |access-date=2009-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120164719/http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/images/pdf/kr_childrens_best_1205.pdf |archive-date=2008-11-20 |work=] |page=21}}</ref> The series is also a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/books/bestseller/0108bestchildren.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/oGjE |archive-date=5 September 2012 |title=Best-Seller Lists: Children's Books |date=January 8, 2006|work=]}}</ref> | ||
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| Author | Michael Buckley |
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| Illustrator | Peter Ferguson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's fantasy mystery novel |
| Publisher | Abrams Books |
| Published | 2005–2012 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
The Sisters Grimm is a children's fantasy series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Peter Ferguson. The series is partially based on the works and lives of the Brothers Grimm, with the titular protagonists, Sabrina Grimm and Daphne Grimm, being their fictional descendants, and the supporting cast featuring many characters from the Grimms’ collection of fairytales.
As of 2023, an animated television series is in development for Apple TV+ by Per Capita Productions.
Summary
After their parents disappear, sisters Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with their grandmother, Relda Grimm, in the town of Ferryport Landing. As soon as the sisters arrive, they 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. Working as detectives in their family business, the sisters Grimm solve mysteries possibly connected to the disappearance of their parents. While following their family traditions, they also must deal with Puck, a trickster fairy boy who lives with them. Unfortunately for the sisters, the Scarlet Hand, an evil group of Everafters, seeks to escape from the town and take over the world.
Books
- The Fairy-tale Detectives: In the first book of the series, the girls are pitted against giants, who have been rampaging through town in their search for an Englishman named Jack who is in jail for an unspecified crime.
- The Unusual Suspects: The Sisters Grimm start school at Ferryport Landing Elementary. Daphne gets Snow White for a teacher, while Sabrina's stuck with Mr. Grumpner and a class of mildly psychotic sixth graders. When Mr. Grumpner is murdered in a particularly unusual way, it is up to the Grimms to find the Everafter who did it. A great friend turns into a great enemy, and when the school is blown up by Rumpelstiltskin, who turns into a human bomb, Mr. Canis doesn't make it out in time.
- The Problem Child: The Sisters Grimm face their parents' kidnappers, an organization of Everafters who call themselves the Scarlet Hand. One of them turns out to be Little Red Riding Hood, and the other, the Jabberwocky, an unstoppable killing machine. The girls have little hope of rescuing their mother and father until their long-lost Uncle Jake returns home with stories of a weapon, now missing, that can kill the Jabberwocky. Sabrina, given a wand by Uncle Jake, gets a magic addiction. Only the Blue Fairy can put the pieces of the Vorpal Blade together.
- Once Upon a Crime: The girls and their friends must figure out who killed Puck's father, King Oberon, while coming to terms with their mother's secret life.
- Magic and Other Misdemeanors: Someone is stealing the magical possessions of the most powerful Everafters in town. Granny is distracted by Mayor Heart's campaigning against human residents, the girl detectives are on their own. Puss in Boots (now an exterminator), Cinderella (a radio relationship counselor), Briar Rose (owner of a coffee shop), and their old enemy, Prince Charming, are among the many suspects. The girls get sucked into the future and are surprised at what they see.
- Tales from the Hood: A kangaroo court of Everafters, led by the Queen of Hearts, is determined to find Mr. Canis guilty and force the Grimms out of Ferryport Landing. Meanwhile, Puck has decided to focus more on his mischievous ways, making a few new troublemaker friends to protect the family. It's up to Sabrina and Daphne to find evidence to save Mr. Canis.
- The Everafter War: Sabrina and Daphne's parents awake from their sleeping spell, but they are caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army. As the family works to help the prince and protect their friends, Sabrina faces the family's deadliest enemy, the mysterious Master.
- The Inside Story: Picking up where the cliffhanger ending of book seven left off, this book follows Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck through the Book of Everafter, where all the fairy tales are stored and enchanted characters can change their destinies. The girls and Puck must chase the Master through a series of stories. Soon, however, they are confronted by The Editor - the book's guardian - who, along with an army of tiny monsters known as Revisers, threaten the children with dire consequences if they don't stick to the stories. They move from one legendary tale to the next doing their best to find the Master and stop his plan to steal and inhabit the child's body.
- The Council of Mirrors: The final battle has begun. Sabrina, Daphne and their family and friends must fight the Master, who has failed to escape Ferryport Landing. After his failure, the Master turns to plan B: kill every last member of the Grimm family until the barrier surrounding the town falls. The Grimm family and the Scarlet Hand must join hands against the Master.
- The Sisters Grimm: A Very Grimm Guide: Released in January 2012, the Guide contains extra information about Ferryport Landing, the characters and the series itself.
Awards
The Sisters Grimm series received many honors, including the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award and the Kirkus Reviews Best Fantasy Book award. The series is also a New York Times bestseller.
References
- Buckley, Michael (2005). The Fairy-Tale Detectives. Abrams. ISBN 9781419720055.
- Goldstein, Gregg (2022-09-01). "'Bones and All' Producer Park Takes Offbeat Path in Picking Projects". Variety. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- Sisters Grimm (Animation), Per Capita Productions, retrieved 2023-12-17
- "Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
- "The Best Children's Books of 2005" (PDF). Kirkus Reviews. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- "Best-Seller Lists: Children's Books". The New York Times. January 8, 2006. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
External links
- The Sisters Grimm series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- Children's books based on fairy tales
- Children's books based on Grimms' Fairy Tales
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