Long Awaited

I pride myself on the discovery of this charming and enchanting book series. I participate in the Scholastic Book Clubs with my students each month, and like a kid in a candy shop, I always order a few books to add to my classroom library. A year ago last October, I found this book for a very reasonable price:

"In Book One of the series, we meet two sisters, Sabrina and Daphne, who have been sent to live with their mysterious grandmother, Relda Grimm. From their first day in Ferryport Landing, the sisters begin to unravel a mystery that reveals a family secret. Sabrina and Daphne learn they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm, whose famous book of fairy tales is actually a history book. Snow White, the Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf—they're all alive and now neighbors of Granny Relda in this community of Everafters, as magical folks like to be called.

But life is not a fairy tale in Ferryport Landing. Someone has set a giant loose on the town, and it's up to the sisters Grimm to stop the giant and find the Everafter behind its murderous rampage. Is it Mayor Charming, formerly Prince Charming, who may have plans to get his kingdom back? Or Jack, the erstwhile giant killer, now working at the Big & Tall store?"

I had been on the lookout for a new book, as I had recently learned that summer the fate of Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger and needed a new storyline to be hooked into. Well folks, this was it. I read the first one to my class, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be honest in saying that I did not rush out to the bookstore to pursue the next books in the series. That is until Yanaj began into the series, and became my accomplice in the All Over The Countryside search to find and read the next 5 books. I have been patiently waiting for the 7th installment, and found out that my wait now has an end in sight. As of May 1, 2009 I will be able to find out what happens next to the descendants of the Brothers Grimm- Sabrina and Daphne.

"Picking up after the dramatic cliffhanger that ended Book Six, Sabrina and Daphne’s prayers are finally answered when their parents awake from their sleeping spell. But their happy reunion is short-lived, as 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’s ragtag group of rebels and protect their friends, Sabrina comes face-to-face with the family’s deadliest enemy—the mysterious Master—who reveals a secret so shocking it will rock the entire family to its core."

And the mind boggles that there could be even more- and yet there is! There is an excerpt from this soon to be released book on the official Michael Buckley The Sisters Grimm website: http://sistersgrimm.com/index.html

I recommend checking this website out.

Thus I leave you with one more noteworthy nugget ... or three:
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and just in case...
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