Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

The Grimm Legacy (The Grimm Legacy #1)

3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 · rating details · 5,346 ratings · 1,194 reviews

Elizabeth has just started working as a page at the New York Circulating Material Repository - a lending library of objects, contemporary and historical, common and obscure. And secret, too - for in the repository's basement lies the Grimm Collection, a room of magical items straight from the Grimm Brother's fairy tales. But the magic mirrors and seven-league boots and oth...more

Paperback, 352 pages

Published July 7th 2011 by Puffin (first published July 8th 2010)

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Awesome Books!

84th out of 86 books — 10 voters

More lists with this book...

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 3,000)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

Nov 15, 2011 Jillian -always aspiring- rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Middle-grade readers who will likely not mind the simple plot and characters

Shelves: 2011-reads, disappointing-books, could-have-been-better, should-have-loved-it-but-didn-t, reviewed

After reading this book, I fear that I am becoming a bit of a reading snob. You see, two or three years ago, I might really have enjoyed The Grimm Legacy, whatever issues I may have had while reading it. I like to think myself fair when I spot flaws in a book. Some flaws I can shrug off and forget; others I can't. Unfortunately, The Grimm Legacy's flaws fall into the latter. This isn't a horrible book by any means, but it really felt to me as though it could have been so much more than it was.

In...more

25 likes · like · see review

Aug 26, 2010 Cara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Cara by: Ash

Shelves: 2010, fantasy, fairy-tales, awesome-covers

Ms.Shulman totally gets fairy tale readers. When I finised this book I thought; Now why didn't I think of that?

Elizabeth at the moment is friendless. Her best friend has moved to California and she is still trying to get accustomed to her new home situation, new stepmother and two step-sisters who thankfully are at a college now. Things start to shift when Elizabeth decides to do her paper in history over the Grimm fairy tales. Elizabeth's history teacher gives her a recommendation to work at...more

10 likes · like · see review

Aug 14, 2010 Valerie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I can't resist books like this. The thought of a library that has magical objects you can actually borrow is amazing. I've always liked Fairytales (though probably not as much as Elizabeth) so the title is what really caught my attention.

We find Elizabeth in a rut. She has no friends at her new school, and all she does at home is chores and homework. So when she is given the opportunity for a job after school at an unusual library she takes it with optimism. And this new job of hers leads Eliza...more

8 likes · like · see review

Aug 10, 2010 Ash rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Ash by: Cara

This is a very original and magical story. I have always loved fairy tales of all kinds and I don't think I'll ever grow out of it. Maybe it's a girl thing. Either way I don't care because I had so much fun reading this book. Yes, I felt that I literally had fun.

Quick Overview: Elizabeth Rew hasn't been doing too hot lately. Her best friend has moved away, and she hasn't made any friends at her new school. Things seem to be finally going in the right direction though. After a referral from her...more This is a very original and magical story. I have always loved fairy tales of all kinds and I don't think I'll ever grow out of it. Maybe it's a girl thing. Either way I don't care because I had so much fun reading this book. Yes, I felt that I literally had fun.

Quick Overview: Elizabeth Rew hasn't been doing too hot lately. Her best friend has moved away, and she hasn't made any friends at her new school. Things seem to be finally going in the right direction though. After a referral from her social studies teacher, Elizabeth gets a job working as a page for the New York Circulating Material Repository. Yeah, big mouthful. The repository is a sort of library, but not really. They lend out objects as common as fondue pots to Marie Antoinette’s wig. Elizabeth seems to be making friends with the other pages despite the secrecy surrounding the "dungeon"/basement that stores the Grimm Collection, where magical items from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales are kept safe. As it turns out, items are being stolen from the Grimm Collection and Elizabeth and the other pages are on a mission to figure out who’s behind it all. But there's no knowing who to trust.

First off let me just say that I really want that job! Can they please hire me? I'll make the commute. Which is like 6 states away, but who's counting. Why does everything have to be in New York? This is a genuine peeve of mine, but completely beside the point. Moving on. I found that I really liked Elizabeth (despite the fact she stole my dream job). She is a normal everyday girl. She isn't destined to save the repository, she just does what she thinks is right. None of the characters or plot elements feels cliché or forced. I also really appreciated the fact that Elizabeth isn't dumbed down for the sake of practicality. When she finds out about the magical things in the Grimm Collection she doesn't take a moronically long time to resist and then come to the realization that magic actually exists. Major points right there.

All that said though, I did take off a star for a reason. The beginning was a little slow. A lot of the elements of the story that we already know don't show up until you’re a good deal into the book. Like the theft of the Grimm objects doesn't really become a focus until almost halfway through the book. It was also hard to know just how old the characters were. I'm guessing they were in high school, but you aren't told, which was mostly confusing because they sound younger or more mature at times.

I still had fun reading the story and I'm pretty sure that my younger self would've totally fallen in love with this book. For now though, I'll just have to settle with falling in genuine (not vain or naive) like with this story (Although I really like the cover. Just saying). It got me seriously thinking about what I would use as a deposit if I ever got to check anything out of the Grimm Collection. Would definitely recommend to anyone that has a thing for fairy tales.
(less)

6 likes · like · see review

Jan 18, 2010 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-mt-bookpile

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

5 likes · like · see review

Jun 10, 2011 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2011, young-adult-books, bibliosnack, summerbooktalk2012

This was fun! I love the setting (a library that lends out objects? Neat! Special collections made up of magical objects, sci-fi stuff, futuristic computer things, and more? Even more neat). The story movies on at a goodly pace, has enough mystery and romance to keep you reading. A fun summer read, and even more fun if you get the fairy tale/literary allusions.

2 likes · like · see review

Apr 09, 2012 Marlene rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've always been a friend of fairytales. Naturally I was intrigued by this book and it's just magical how all those objects fom fairytales fit into real life. With all the advantages and problems they bring.

The story itself was magical too. People transformed into puppets, giant monster-birds following the characters around and a mysterious thief busy with stealing stuff from the grimm-collection.
You could say the main characters are really busy too, all the while not knowing who they can really...more

1 like · like · see review

May 27, 2010 Lindi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fairy-tale-retelling, young-adult, speculative-fiction, romance

So much fun! I adored Enthusiasm and have been waiting for Polly Shulman's second book ever since. Once again we have a charming high school girl learning about love and friendship in the context of classic stories, but this time the stories are folk tales.

Elizabeth Rew is having a rough year. Her widowed father has remarried and, with two stepdaughters in college, he can no longer afford the tuition for her old school or for her ballet classes. Her best friend has moved to California and Eliza...more

4 likes · like · see review

Aug 07, 2010 Alan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy

A must read, especially for any Middle School or HS girl, but really anyone who loves fairy tales. It has a wonderful female protagonist, Elizabeth, and it is full of the "things" from fairy tales. Those "magical things" carpets and shoes and mirrors are all real, and many of them are kept in the New-York Material Repository. Elizabeth, who, by the way, has a stepmother and two stepsisters, gets a job at the Repository, where she comes to learn that magic is real. We follow Elizabeth as she lear...more

2 likes · like · see review

Oct 29, 2012 Erica O'Shea rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I found this as I was looking for a book that would interest both an 11 and a five year old, and I found it! So far, so good. The story is quite intriguing. The 5-year-old doesn't get the "tween" humor, but she ignores it and loves the story. Boy would I love to visit a repository like the one in this book. I'd never leave.

--

Finally finished it with my 5-year-old and she loved it! I admit to editing the end a bit to delete some adolescent romance scenes, but otherwise she followed along, rivete...more

1 like · like · see review

Apr 06, 2013 Rebecca rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, children, fairy-tales, fantasy, mystery, romance

When Elizabeth gets a job as a page at the NY Circulating Materials Repository--a library of objects--she keeps hearing about the mysterious "Grimm Collection," but no one will give her any facts. She finally finds out that it is a collection of objects from Grimm's fairy tales--complete with magic--and that once she has proven herself trustworthy, she will be able to borrow them, if she leaves an appropriate deposit. Problem is, something seems to be wrong in the Grimm Collection. Elizabeth fin...more When Elizabeth gets a job as a page at the NY Circulating Materials Repository--a library of objects--she keeps hearing about the mysterious "Grimm Collection," but no one will give her any facts. She finally finds out that it is a collection of objects from Grimm's fairy tales--complete with magic--and that once she has proven herself trustworthy, she will be able to borrow them, if she leaves an appropriate deposit. Problem is, something seems to be wrong in the Grimm Collection. Elizabeth finds she can smell magic, and some of the objects in the collection don't smell right--and as it turns out, have lost their magic. To find out what's going on, Elizabeth and her fellow pages will have make dangerous use of the remaining magical objects.

I enjoyed this one a lot, mostly because it doesn't throw you into the action right away. It builds up Elizabeth's character, the library, the other pages and all their inter-relationships, and so forth before the adventure really starts. This might put off some young readers who won't read anything that doesn't start in the middle of deadly peril, but I've always been more interested in world-building, so it worked fine for me. I also thought the author did a good job with the relationships between the pages, representing normal school life on top of the magic, but I did have one quibble.

She kept stressing how reliable and trustworthy Elizabeth was, but one of the first things she was told on getting the job was to report anything odd to the director, because some strange and worrying things were happening. When she does discover something odd, though, she says nothing because it involves a page who's a popular basketball star at her school, and of course he couldn't be doing anything wrong. She then proceeds to break rule after rule and not report odder and odder things, but still she's the good girl, the reliable one. Um, not so much. Everything that happens is integral to the plot, but the author should have addressed Elizabeth's flexible ethics rather than keep insisting she was trustworthy. I agree she always had good motives, but she was not trustworthy as far as following the rules the director set up went. The only one who called her on it got dismissed as a rude and unpleasant boy who didn't know what he was talking about, but seriously, he was the only one who seemed to value the rules of the library. Elizabeth only valued them when it suited her.(less)

like · see review

Feb 19, 2013 Wendy Sparrow rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-mg

This book was a lot of fun from beginning to end. Elizabeth gets a job at a lending library which lends out so much more than books--in fact, they primarily lend out objects. Mundane objects like props for plays or dishes for parties. Historical objects like Marie Antoinette's wig. Then there is the Grimm Collection--a secret collection which Elizabeth only hears of after working there a while. The trouble is that a thief has targeted the Grimm collection and its magical items are disappearing--...more This book was a lot of fun from beginning to end. Elizabeth gets a job at a lending library which lends out so much more than books--in fact, they primarily lend out objects. Mundane objects like props for plays or dishes for parties. Historical objects like Marie Antoinette's wig. Then there is the Grimm Collection--a secret collection which Elizabeth only hears of after working there a while. The trouble is that a thief has targeted the Grimm collection and its magical items are disappearing--as are some of the lending library pages like Elizabeth.

I previewed this for my ten year old daughter--the characters are in high school and there is a romance B plot. It was so much fun to read I couldn't put it down. When I passed it on to my daughter, she stayed up late many nights, reading while tucked in bed. (Thank goodness this was over spring break. This book led to some sleep deprivation for both of us.)

My favorite part of the book is when Elizabeth gets shrunk and the adventures she has while trying to navigate the big world as a tiny person. (This was one of my daughter's favorite parts too.)

I think that though this has high school students as the main characters it'll primarily appeal to kids 8-12. My one caveat is that the character this age--a younger sister who is 10 or 11 is the least likable character in there in my opinion. My daughter didn't seem to mind. It was really fun to spot the fairy tale references throughout the book (the Grimm collection is a treasure trove of items from fairy tales) and kids interested in fairy tale retellings will love this aspect to the book.

For parents, there isn't any profanity, innuendo, or graphic violence in this book. As I mentioned, there is a romance B plot. There is some kissing and a brief mention of two of their reflections "making out" in a magic mirror. It's all very PG overall and has the same audience appropriate for some of the later Harry Potters.

This was a very fun read that parents will enjoy previewing and kids will read late into the night with a flashlight.(less)

like · see review

Dec 20, 2012 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I adored this book. It was great! From the first chapter I wanted to know more about the New-York Circulating Material Repository, but mostly about the way Elizabeth's character would develop. And what a journey that was!
When I first read the inside flap of the book (hardcover, darn those things :), I was all like, "THE BROTHER'S GRIMM!! YEAH!!" If you can't tell by my little spaz attack, lately I've been obsessed with fairy tales. Don't ask me why, it's probably just a faze, hopefully... Anyway...more

like · see review

Nov 27, 2012 Sue rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

Elizabeth is at a new school with a new stepmother at home and a father who has less time for her. She misses her old school, her friend who has moved away and she is just going to school, doing her chores, sleeping and eating. Boring. She writes a paper for school on the Grimm fairy tales and her history teacher recommends her for a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository. This is a library for objects - all sorts of objects. Elizabeth realizes that some of the library objects are d...more

like · see review

Oct 02, 2012 Delia R rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There's so much I love about this book. I love the idea of this place that's like a library without books and people can take out things they want that would never be possible otherwise. And I love the idea of the Grimm themed magical objects in the basement and how exciting that could be. That being said, I think the characters could have been better created at points, although I do love the main character and the little sister (I'm drawing blanks on names right now and I already returned the b...more

like · see review

Oct 01, 2012 Jean rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

“The Grimm Legacy” is Polly Shulman’s first novel. I enjoyed it immensely and would consider reading it to a Year 6 class; I would certainly recommend it to confident Year 6 readers, both boys and girls. Elizabeth is the main character in the novel. She is unhappy at home with her new step-mum and sisters, and finds refuge in the job which is offered her at the library. She is recommended for the job by her Social Studies teacher, Mr Mauskopf. Very quickly it becomes apparent that this is not a...more

2 likes · like · see review

Sep 17, 2012 Lissa Davies rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: media-log

Elizabeth, a young teen, is feeling left out both at home and at school. Fortunately, she gets a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository, a library that loans, not books, but objects of historical value. She finds a secret room in the basement, home to the 'Grimm collection', a collection of all of the magical objects from the fairy tales. Elizabeth finds out that they are real...and they work. Soon the objects start to disappear, and Elizabeth and the other pages in the library set...more

like · see review

Aug 25, 2012 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, romance-relationship, ya, mystery

Elizabeth has a great heart which is one of the things that prompts her social studies teacher to recommend her for a job at the New York Circulating Material Library. At first glance it seems like your typical library, except it does not specialize in books. The library materials are all objects cataloged by call number depending on what they are. Stack 2 deals with clothing, stack 5 is tools, stack 4 is music, and stack 7 is fine arts. As a page, Elizabeth's job is to collect items off the she...more

like · see review

Aug 02, 2012 Kim Schnase rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am a sucker for books set in Libraries, and this story did not disappoint. Main Character, Elizabeth, is shy, lonely, and lacks confidence until her high school Social Studies teacher takes notice of her on helps her land a job at the New York Circulating Material Repository. This is a real setting, and the author mentions that she herself worked there as a youngster. It must have had a great impact on the author, as it allowed her to turn this wonderful Library of items to be share into a fic...more

like · see review

Jul 27, 2012 Delanie Washburn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved the premise of this book, a lending library of things that happens to have some magical things to lend out. It is such a cool idea even without the magic I think. I had a good bit in common with the main character not her indifferent sisters or deceased mother or father who has lost interest, but our favorite fairy tale is the same :the dancing princesses. I love that story and we just have similar traits and it really made me feel sort of special while I read the book. I don't like roma...more

1 like · like · see review

Jul 26, 2012 Stacy rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fluff-reading

There is something rather grand about finding a new, good book to read. And it is always disappointing to discover that the new, good book isn't all that good. "The Grimm Legacy", by Polly Shulman, was wonderfully writen, for the most part. The dialogue was weak in a few areas, and the plot was too slow in some spots and too fast in others, but these issues were easily forgotten as I continued reading. But, as is inevitable in "modern" teen lit, the author decided that her charming story couldn'...more

3 likes · like · see review

Jul 26, 2012 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I love fairy tales and was thrilled when I found a copy of The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman at the book fair at school. I was drawn to the cover because it looks magical and whimsical. The tree looks like it holds a lot of secrets! Not only was there suspense and action, but I learned a lot about the Brothers Grimm along the way. I want to learn more about them and where they got their ideas from! Being a page sounds like such a blast! I already visit the library every chance I get, but now I a...more

like · see review

Jul 21, 2012 Gena rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Have you ever wished you could sail the skies on a flying carpet, or dance until dawn in enchanted shoes, or even ask the all seeing mirror from Snow White a question? Well, in New York City there’s a certain library where privileges allow you to borrow just those kinds of things! It’s here that Elizabeth Rew comes face to face with magic, danger and a little romance. Elizabeth needs an after school job, a few friends, and some excitement in her life and she finds all that and more when she is r...more

like · see review

Jul 18, 2012 Reading Teen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

From one of our Tween reviewers:

At A Glance:

This book was great! It was packed with fantasy about the Grimm Brothers Fairy tales, mystery about was the mysterious bird thing that follows the pages around, and who or what is stealing the magic from the Grimm collection, and Romance between the pages.

The Audio:

The reader was great!! Her voices sounded AMAZING!! It was by Julia Whelan. Be sure to check out the audio!

The Heroin:

Elizabeth is not your average heroin. Her family is poor and her step-si...more

1 like · like · see review

Jul 07, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fairy-tales, ya

Elizabeth Rew's story starts out like a variation of 'Cinderella' but takes an adventurous and unique turn when she begins working at New York city's Circulating Materials Repository. People borrow objects with historical and magical significance. Imagine being able to borrow Snow White's evil stepmother's mirror or her iron shoes, which were her final and fatal last possession.

I enjoyed the references - some easily recognizable, others obscure - to objects in many of the 211 fairy tales collect...more

like · see review

Jun 23, 2012 Morgan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was in no way a "bad" book, but it wasn't altogether great either. At times I really thought I liked it, and then there were others when it fell to "okay." Overall I would give it about a 2.7 stars because at times I was intrigued.

If I had to give this book a one word description I would say cheesy. I could think of others as well, but right now "cheesy" comes to mind. The book is about a girl named Elizabeth who writes a paper over the Brothers Grimm and is recommended a job at a rath...more This book was in no way a "bad" book, but it wasn't altogether great either. At times I really thought I liked it, and then there were others when it fell to "okay." Overall I would give it about a 2.7 stars because at times I was intrigued.

If I had to give this book a one word description I would say cheesy. I could think of others as well, but right now "cheesy" comes to mind. The book is about a girl named Elizabeth who writes a paper over the Brothers Grimm and is recommended a job at a rather special repository, which if you don't know what that is like me is just a "library" for objects where people can check things out. Only this repository is special for it has magical objects that can be borrowed.

Now when I first saw the pretty amazing cover and read the title "The Grimm Legacy" I was hooked immediately. I know it's going to be about magic and it just looks like a great book. The only problem is I don't think the book lived up to its potential in the slightest. With an idea where you can have magical items being introduced into the real world, fairy tales coming alive, or any number of strange occurences, the plot of this book is simply that some of the objects are going missing... And the number one suspect is a giant bird... Yeah.

I expected this to be a magical story full of things you expect in fantasy, but instead I was given a book about completely ordinary things with a "tiny" amount of magic being a part of it. I just don't feel that the magical aspect of this book was utilized as it could have been. There are far too few instances where the magical items are even used. Mentioned? Yes. The plot of the book? Sure. But really used, shown, and described? Not really. At one point a magical table is used to make food. And I think that was the height of the magical uses.

Besides my overall disappointment over the lack of magic this was still a good book, albeit, a little cheesy. The book has kids in "love" with each other, jealousy, betrayal and such that are in many books.

I don't want to say the book was bad, but I can't completely say it was great. It was just under-utilized. If that makes any sense. I think this book had amazing potential, and instead it went down a more conventional path that really could have been told without magic completely, with only a few minor changes. But there still wasnt a moment where I wanted to completely stop reading because it wasn't good enough. I never got to the "I can't put this down" moment we all, as readers, look for in a book, but it was a good book that simply made me feel that it could have been so much more. If you are considering reading this book or not, definitely read it. You won't hate it and it is a good read. Just don't expect more from the book than it is: A book about an average girl who is working for a repository with magical items that has recently had thefts, and she teams up with some friends to try and save the day.(less)

2 likes · like · see review

Jun 11, 2012 Diana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm on a bit of fairy tale kick. This book combines libraries and fairy tales, which makes it even more awesome.

Elizabeth used to have a dull life. Her mother died recently of cancer - her father remarried and became distant. She doesn't get along with her stepmother or stepsisters, and had to switch from the private school and dance lessons she loved to a public school, so that her father could pay for her stepsister's college tuition. Things start to change to Elizabeth after one of her teache...more

like · see review

Jun 11, 2012 Patrick rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

I was disappointed in this one. I thought it was going to be better. It was given to me as an end-of-year gift by a wonderful, enthusiastic student who LOVED this book. So I'm glad she is not seeing this review.

I liked the vaguely Cinderella-ish situation of the heroine's family, but not too much so. I only sort of liked the heroine, even though I think the giving in to peer pressure in order to have friends is a relatable and forgivable character flaw.

But I thought the resolution of the conflic...more

like · see review

Jun 08, 2012 Jan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What a cool idea for a story! Suppose there was a library that loaned things instead of books -- a Victorian tea set, or a musical instrument, for example. And then suppose that one of the wings of the library housed the Grimm collection -- all the magic objects that the Grimm Brothers wrote about in their fairy tales, like magic spindles, a magic mirror, a golden egg, and a pair of seven-league boots. Of course, not just anyone could check out the magic items, but when Elizabeth gets an after-s...more

like · see review

May 26, 2012 Amanda Valentine rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Grimm Legacy is one of the more original worlds I’ve encountered in a while. Elizabeth could be a modern day fairytale heroine. Her father remarried after her mother died, and Elizabeth’s stepmother expects her to do a lot of housework. Putting her stepsisters through college costs money, so Elizabeth recently had to give up ballet and the private school she used to attend. Her father loves her, but he’s distracted by his new family. In many ways, she’s alone.

When she writes a research paper...more

like · see review

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 99 100 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

topics	posts	views	last activity
What item would you most like to check out?	10	19	Apr 30, 2013 05:10pm
Should I read this?	12	40	Apr 30, 2013 05:06pm
Favorite Character	8	15	Apr 30, 2013 05:06pm
What item would you check out and what would you trade in?	2	3	Mar 28, 2013 11:00am
Viewing a User's Reviews?	1	7	Jan 21, 2013 11:56am
SHSU Library Scie...: Let's talk about THE GRIMM LEGACY	19	34	Jul 25, 2012 08:17pm

combine
Other Editions (11)

More editions...

Genres

Fantasy

488 users

Young Adult

287 users

Fantasy > Fairy Tales

107 users

Mystery

84 users

Fantasy > Magic

62 users

Adventure

60 users

Romance

56 users

Young Adult > Teen

50 users

Childrens > Middle Grade

36 users

Fantasy > Urban Fantasy

32 users

See top shelves...

Readers also enjoyed similar books

About Polly Shulman

Polly Shulman has edited and written articles about books, infinity, edible jellyfish, planets, circuses, and many other subjects for the New York Times, Science, Salon, and many other publications. She is an alumna of Yale, where she majored in math. She puts cayenne pepper in her chocolate cookies and reads forgotten books with frontispieces. In high school she worked as a page at the New York P...more

More about Polly Shulman...

Books by Polly Shulman

The Wells Bequest (The Grimm Legacy, #2)

More…

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About The Grimm Legacy

1 trivia question
1 quiz

More quizzes & trivia...

Quotes from The Grimm Legacy

“The one who asks questions does not lose his way.” — 40 people liked it

“What I mean is, all the terrible things that happen in fairy tales seem real. Or not real, but genuine. Life is unfair, and the bad guys keep winning and good people die. But I like how that's not always the end of it...Evil is real, but so is good. They always say fairy tales are simplistic, black and white, but I don't think so. I think they're complicated. That's what I love about them.” — 30 people liked it

More quotes…

title link	preview: The Grimm Legacy
avg rating	preview: The Grimm Legacy Goodreads rating: 3.77 (5346 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9857540-the-grimm-legacy?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327900626l/9857540.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9857540-the-grimm-legacy?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman[/url]

The Grimm Legacy (The Grimm Legacy #1)

Friend Reviews

Community Reviews

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website