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The Witch in the Woods
Strange and terrifying things are suddenly happening in a mysterious town where people are disappearing and changing into characters from the Grimm fairy tales.
Twins Willow and Jake Grimm are not prepared for the bizarre gadgets and scary changes in their new home of New Marburg, the location of the top-secret Think Tank where their parents now have jobs as scientists. In this town, people jetpack to work, robots direct traffic, and senior citizens duel with laser swords.
Yet nothing compares to what happens the day after lightning strikes the twins' house. Their school building transforms around them, becoming a medieval castle-complete with moat, drawbridge, and a dangerous giant who looks strangely like the school's overly aggressive hall monitor.
Barely managing to escape before a massive beanstalk lifts the castle above the clouds, Willow and Jake learn that their ancestors, the original Brothers Grimm, were more than storytellers. They were Grimmwalkers, able to travel from our universe to Grimmworld: the universe where all fairy tales are born.
Somehow, Willow and Jake have been transported to Grimmworld as well. But before the twins can figure out how to get back to their own universe, they discover that their best friends, Hank and Pearl, have morphed into the fairy tale characters Hansel and Gretel and been captured by a candy-obsessed witch deep in the Cursed Forest.
Now, aided by a mysterious wizard with shimmering golden eyes and a befuddled, talking naked mole-rat named Chet, the twins must trust in each other, believe in themselves, and find the courage to face their darkest fears in order to save their friends, return to their family, and maybe-just maybe-save the world.
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The Witch in the Woods
Strange and terrifying things are suddenly happening in a mysterious town where people are disappearing and changing into characters from the Grimm fairy tales.
Twins Willow and Jake Grimm are not prepared for the bizarre gadgets and scary changes in their new home of New Marburg, the location of the top-secret Think Tank where their parents now have jobs as scientists. In this town, people jetpack to work, robots direct traffic, and senior citizens duel with laser swords.
Yet nothing compares to what happens the day after lightning strikes the twins' house. Their school building transforms around them, becoming a medieval castle-complete with moat, drawbridge, and a dangerous giant who looks strangely like the school's overly aggressive hall monitor.
Barely managing to escape before a massive beanstalk lifts the castle above the clouds, Willow and Jake learn that their ancestors, the original Brothers Grimm, were more than storytellers. They were Grimmwalkers, able to travel from our universe to Grimmworld: the universe where all fairy tales are born.
Somehow, Willow and Jake have been transported to Grimmworld as well. But before the twins can figure out how to get back to their own universe, they discover that their best friends, Hank and Pearl, have morphed into the fairy tale characters Hansel and Gretel and been captured by a candy-obsessed witch deep in the Cursed Forest.
Now, aided by a mysterious wizard with shimmering golden eyes and a befuddled, talking naked mole-rat named Chet, the twins must trust in each other, believe in themselves, and find the courage to face their darkest fears in order to save their friends, return to their family, and maybe-just maybe-save the world.
Strange and terrifying things are suddenly happening in a mysterious town where people are disappearing and changing into characters from the Grimm fairy tales.
Twins Willow and Jake Grimm are not prepared for the bizarre gadgets and scary changes in their new home of New Marburg, the location of the top-secret Think Tank where their parents now have jobs as scientists. In this town, people jetpack to work, robots direct traffic, and senior citizens duel with laser swords.
Yet nothing compares to what happens the day after lightning strikes the twins' house. Their school building transforms around them, becoming a medieval castle-complete with moat, drawbridge, and a dangerous giant who looks strangely like the school's overly aggressive hall monitor.
Barely managing to escape before a massive beanstalk lifts the castle above the clouds, Willow and Jake learn that their ancestors, the original Brothers Grimm, were more than storytellers. They were Grimmwalkers, able to travel from our universe to Grimmworld: the universe where all fairy tales are born.
Somehow, Willow and Jake have been transported to Grimmworld as well. But before the twins can figure out how to get back to their own universe, they discover that their best friends, Hank and Pearl, have morphed into the fairy tale characters Hansel and Gretel and been captured by a candy-obsessed witch deep in the Cursed Forest.
Now, aided by a mysterious wizard with shimmering golden eyes and a befuddled, talking naked mole-rat named Chet, the twins must trust in each other, believe in themselves, and find the courage to face their darkest fears in order to save their friends, return to their family, and maybe-just maybe-save the world.
"In Michaelbrent Collings’s inventive fantasy novel The Witch in the Woods, twins who are descendants of the Grimm brothers navigate a new reality when theirs collides with a fairy-tale world. ... Willow and Jake are effective heroes because they see the best in each other, navigating the woods and rescuing their friends through the powers of cunning and love. Every challenge they face has a real-world corollary. But they also change the course of a fairy tale in Grimmworld—an unprecedented occurrence."
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson
Delightful! A fantasy adventure that kids (and parents) will love.”
Kirkus Reviews
2024-01-05 Ten-year-old twins Willow and Jake Grimm find themselves in a perilous land of tragic fairy tales after their parents move them from Los Angeles to New Marburg, Idaho.
Upon arriving, the siblings struggle to cope with their malevolent new teacher, Mrs. Houseman, but their academic torture turns to mortal danger when they enter Grimmworld, an alternate universe with elements borrowed from a hodgepodge of mostly European stories and folklore. Collings’ references range from C. Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio to the mythical Arabian anqa, a fantastical bird, but the author clearly draws the most inspiration from the bleak dangers of tales made popular by the Brothers Grimm. With only an absurd naked mole rat called Chet as their occasional guide, the siblings must work together to save two new friends from a witch and escape back to the real world. Collings brings some freshness to the worldbuilding of this well-worn material, as with the fairies who fashion lacelike wings out of the bones of their prey. In this nightmarish setting,new rules and tricks keep appearing out of nowhere, which is confusing for both the characters and readers.Willow and Jake fall into familiar types: There’s one athletic, popular twin and one who’s intellectual and awkward, though their unswerving devotion to and confidence in each other is refreshing. Most human characters read white.
A convoluted fairy-tale mash-up for diehard Grimm fans. (reading guide and discussion questions) (Fantasy. 9-12)
