The New York Circulating Material Repository is no ordinary library. Although it has some books, most of its collections are of amazing objects - stuff like Marie Antoinette's wig and Abraham Lincoln's hat. There are also more mysterious, super-secret collections that only the people who work there know about. Like the Grimm Collection. Kept in a locked room in the basement, it's full of objects that inspired the Brothers Grimm - like Snow White's stepmother's magic (and very snarky) mirror, glass slippers, mermaid combs, seven-league boots, a magic table that sets itself with a feast.When Elizabeth's social studies teacher recommends her for a job as a page there, she's hoping to make some new friends and some cash to replace the gym sneakers she gave away to a homeless woman. She passes the weird interview test of button-sorting with flying colors and quickly settles in with the other pages - friendly Anjali, very cute high school basketball star Marc (who goes to her school, but never noticed Elizabeth before now), and cranky Aaron (who would be cute if he weren't so irritating).
Only the most trusted pages are given keys to the Grimm Collection, so when Elizabeth gets hers, she's thrilled. But when it's revealed that someone is stealing the magical objects from the GC and replacing them with fake ones, Elizabeth knows she and her new friends have to get to the bottom of the mystery and get the magic back. With rumors of a giant bird stalking the staff, a missing page, and Marc and Anjali acting very suspiciously about a pair of boots, Elizabeth isn't sure who she can trust.
The Grimm Legacy is a magic carpet ride of an adventure! Smart, fun, and bursting with magic, this is one summer read you won't want to put down until you've turned the last satisfying page. This one's for fans of the Gallagher Girls books, Jessica Day George, and fractured fairy tales. And don't miss Polly Shulman's first novel, Enthusiasm, a fun twist on Pride & Prejudice!
Megan
(now reading Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, the first of the quartet that follows Fever Crumb)
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