by Chris Colfer
First published 2014
Connor Bailey believes his fairy tale adventures have ended. Then he uncovers a cryptic message left behind by the Brothers Grimm themselves. The clue leads him on a quest across Europe with his classmate Bree and the eccentric Mother Goose. They race to decode a puzzle that has remained unsolved for two centuries. His twin sister Alex faces her own struggles in the Land of Stories. She trains to become the next Fairy Godmother, but every wish she attempts to grant goes wrong. Alex questions whether she will ever possess the skills to guide the Fairy Council. Dark omens suggest catastrophe approaches the Land of Stories. The twins must reunite and work alongside both allies and former enemies. A final confrontation awaits that will test everything they have learned. The battle will also reveal a secret that transforms their understanding of their own lives.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, young-adult, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Europe, Land of Stories
Period: 21st-century
480 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers