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The Problem Child (Sisters Grimm)
Series: Sisters Grimm
Volume: 3
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0810949148
Pages: 307 pages
Publisher: Amulet Books
Price: $14.95
Reader Rating: 7 out of 10
Votes: 1
The Problem Child by Michael Buckley

Description: Sabrina Grimm, 11, and her 7-year-old sister, Daphne, are still on the trail of The Scarlet Hand, which has kidnapped their parents. On the way to rescuing them, the sisters meet their likable Uncle Jake, whom they had never heard of before. Granny Relda had arranged for everyone in town to forget him after he inadvertently broke the spell that kept a deranged Little Red Riding Hood in the asylum. The book is loaded with cameos by fairy-tale characters, including Prince Charming as playboy turned sleazy politician. Although they will delight fairy-tale fans, some of the most interesting figures get short shrift. Puck, who combines magic with mischief in a way that both attracts and repels Sabrina, disappears from the action early on. Granny Relda's gentleman friend and every tale's wicked wolf is resurrected only at the end of the novel. Still, there is plenty of plucky Sabrina, nurturing Granny Relda, and Daphne. The end leaves plenty for the next book to resolve. Each chapter starts with a menacing silhouette, and black-and-white full-page illustrations add more macabre details. Recommend this to anyone who is craving a bit of dark humor rolled up with whimsy and adventure.

Also in this series are The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, Once Upon a Crime, Magic and Other Misdemeanors, Tales from the Hood, The Everafter War Return to the Michael Buckley page.

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