The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer 304 pgs.
The
Wishing Spell is book one in The Land of Stories series penned by actor Chris Colfer—yes, Kurt from the
T.V. show Glee. It is the tale of twins Alex and Conner who through
the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, leave their world behind
and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic, coming
face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. The only way to get home is a convoluted
scavenger hunt that requires them to collect eight tokens from various fairy
tales—Cinderella’s glass slipper, a lock of Rapunzel’s hair, etc. The ending is
never in doubt, but it’s a difficult journey as the twins meet the Big Bad Wolf
Pack, are enslaved by trolls, and kidnapped by Snow White’s evil stepmother.
I
listened to the audio version because it was narrated by Colfer--very
enjoyable. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys varied slants
to fairy tales.
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