Buckley, Michael. The problem child.Buckley, Michael. The problem child. (The Sisters Grimm, Book 3.) Abrams. 305p. c2006. 978-0-8109-9359-4. $5.95. J If 11-year-old Sabrina Grimm could choose her happily ever after The term happily ever after is used in association with many works of children’s fiction and romantic fiction. It describes a happy ending, often a cliché in which all the good characters have emerged victorious and all the evil characters have been punished. , it would definitely include getting her parents back. Since they were kidnapped almost two years ago, she and her little sister Daphne have had to deal with a lot: foster homes, child labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. , and finally being discovered by their Granny Relda and introduced to the family business of serving as fairy-tale detectives for the enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. town of Ferryport Landing. When Sabrina's mysterious Uncle Jake shows up to help rescue her parents, she realizes she still doesn't know her family's full history, but she'll have to confront it regardless if she has any hope of seeing her parents again. Buckley's book is lively and captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. , and it will appeal especially to readers whose love of fairy tales goes beyond standard animated versions to the stories of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson. The book's one struggle may be finding an age-appropriate audience: Sabrina is immersed in not-quite-teenage angst, but similarly younger readers may not be ready to confront the book's evil and overweight 'Little' Mermaid or its schizophrenic Little Red Riding Hood Noun 1. Little Red Riding Hood - a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother . Nevertheless, The Problem Child is an exciting, inventive tale. Cara Chancellor, Hollywood, FL |
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