Land of Stories (The Wishing Spell #1)

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This first book in the series will get your young reader hooked. Witches, goblins,along with favorite fairy tale characters collide with twins from the real world!!! The plot is full of twists, turns and surprises which has kept my 8 year old grandson saving his money to buy the next in the series. Great series to keep kids reading over the summer.

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Not a fairytale and not Harry Potter, the Land of Stories creates an intriguing mythology behind the familiar of children’s fiction, peoples it with almost fairytale characters plus the obligatory misfit children, and offers an interesting adventure with sensible goals and well-timed background revelations. It’s one of those books where the story is intriguing enough to carry adult and child readers eagerly forward without pausing for critique. The children and their real-world situations are sadly believable—neither sibling fitting in at school, but each using a different technique to overcome obstacles. The hidden world they discover is delightful with its slow reveals of secrets, the fun of discovery, and the enchantment of looking for more. I shall definitely look for more in this series, and I’m very grateful to the young boy in the store who told me “You have to read these!” Rumor has it, boys don’t like to read, but this young man clearly did. Disclosure: A child recommended this to me, so I bought it, read it, loved it, and offer my honest review.