The Fairy-Tale Detectives
core novel 2005 The Sisters Grimm
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (57,607 ratings, collected 2026-10-31) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780810959255 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
After their parents vanish without a trace, sisters Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with a grandmother they had believed was dead. In the strange town of Ferryport Landing she tells them the truth: their ancestors, the Brothers Grimm, did not invent fairy tales but recorded real cases of magical trouble, and the family has been solving them ever since. When a giant starts wrecking the town, the girls take up the family trade for the first time. They must work out who set the giant loose, and the suspects include the town's mayor, a former prince, and several fairy-tale characters with old grudges against the Grimm family.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Sisters Grimm
- Series: The Sisters Grimm core; position 1 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Michael Buckley
Notes
- From the series record (The Sisters Grimm): Nine middle-grade novels about sisters Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, fairy-tale detectives in Ferryport Landing.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Sisters Grimm: position 1 of 9: next The Unusual Suspects (2005)
Sources
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