The Field Guide
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Publisher Description
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles and get ready for the series soon to be streaming on Roku with this first installment in the adventures of the Grace children featuring an all-new look.
After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they’ve just moved into, Jared; his twin brother, Simon; and their older sister, Mallory, discover that there’s a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to their own—the world of faerie.
The Grace children want to share their story, but the faeries will do everything possible to stop them...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This enchanting middle-grade fantasy is a fast-paced modern tale of faeries interacting with humans. After their father leaves and nine-year-old Jared gets in trouble for fighting at school, the Grace family moves into an old house belonging to their great-aunt Lucinda. It doesn’t take long before they start finding hidden rooms and happening upon strange occurrences—and meet a very special guide to the faerie realm. Authors Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi blend traditional faerie lore with thrilling adventure in this charming and lively book. The first story in the popular Spiderwick Chronicles, The Field Guide is a fantastical journey that inspires laughter, joy, and a sense of awe.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This snappy story, the inaugural title in The Spiderwick Chronicles, sets the scene for the next four books planned. The authors introduce the three Grace siblings 13-year-old Mallory and nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon and their recently divorced mother, who move into their great-aunt's dilapidated Victorian house. The paper-over-board volume opens to a Victorian-style design; a full-page, framed pen-and-ink scene appears opposite each chapter opening (with clever headings such as "In Which There Are Answers, Though Not Necessarily to the Right Questions"). After Jared hears scuttling inside the walls, Mallory pokes a broom through a kitchen wall and discovers a "nest" filled with unusual trinkets a doll's head, tiny lead soldiers, bits of tattered fabric plus one of her own fencing medals. Jared encounters more mystery when a dumbwaiter carries him to a doorless upstairs library. Here he spies a yellowing riddle in rhyme (reproduced on a glossy insert), which leads him to the attic and ultimately to Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You a handbook to the faerie realm. Often in trouble, Jared gets the blame for some odd occurrences (e.g., Mallory awakens to find her hair tied in knots around her headboard, Simon's tadpoles are frozen into ice cubes, etc.). Appealing characters, well-measured suspense and an inviting package will lure readers on to The Seeing Stone (-85937-6), due the same month. Youngsters may well find themselves glancing over their shoulders as they eagerly follow the events. Ages 6-10.
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