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Polly Shulman's The Grimm Legacy

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The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman is a book that perfectly blends fairy tales with real life. The book focuses around a teenage girl named Elizabeth who lives in present day New York. Elizabeth does not have many friends and lives a Cinderella-esk life. When Elizabeth finds herself working a new job at a library type place, Elizabeth finds a new-found sense of neededness. While she works there, she meets new friends and discovers that the objects being held in the library are all fairytale related. When items begin to go missing, Elizabeth and her new friends are needed to find out who is stealing the historical and magical items. I really enjoyed this book. Shulman seamlessly blends fairytale with real life. The ideas that she poses allows
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