The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell

By Chris Colfer

235 ratings 349 reviews 274 followers
Book 1 of 6 in the  Land of Stories Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 3 - 5U598248
The first book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories about two siblings who fall into a fairy-tale world!
 
Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.

The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.

But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780316201568
ISBN-10: 0316201561
Published on 7/2/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 464

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IT IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book totally blew me away! When I first was recommended to read it, I thought it would be a cheap knock-off of another fairy tale book. But I could not have been more wrong. Twin sister and brother Alex and Conner accidentally fall through a book called the Land of Stories, actually bringing them to a world where all the fairy tales are real! Not knowing how to get home, the twins set off on a crazy quest to find all the items required to complete the Wishing Spell, fabled to grant the retriever any wish, with only an old journal of someone who had done it before as their guide. But the Evil Queen (yes, the one with the poison apple) has escaped her enprisonment and is also after the items for the spell. Repeatedly just escaping death, they have adventures that bring them all over the Land of Stories and they recognize people and places of their young fantasies. Will they beat the Evil Queen to the items and finally get home? Chris Colfer completes his story with humor, adventure, suspense, and family! I loved this book and really enjoyed it! I highly recommend this book to 4th-8th graders! That's why I have learned not to underestimate a book until reading it, or not judge it by its cover. Read this book!

Oh my goodness! This is my absolute favorite book series! I have all the books at home and I'm on the third! I definitely think you should read this book if you like fantasy!!!

Spoiler alert I hear their making a movie about this book 😲

Oh my gosh really?? I love this series!!

I have read many of these and I think the best one is....... oh who am I kidding there all good. If you like mystery read these. There's so many twists. Didn't see any of that coming.!!!!!!!!!!! , ,😎😎😎😎😎😯😯😯😯😯

One of my favs!!!! Read it if you love adventure!!

it is so good i love hove they fall in to a book and then the adventure begins! i love fantasy like this i would recommend this to anyone who likes fantasy and magic! This book is so amazing!!

This book is really good.The whole series is good.I got addicted to this book and the whole series

Sakshi Sakshi

This book is the best book ever!! Same here madimin05, I got addicted to it too!!

this book was awesome!!!! i was addicted to his series after reading this book. After reading this book, i had to get the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th book right away. i could and would easily give this book a 5 star rating if you refuse, you are crazy. but, i for one, love fairy tales, and if you do to, you have to read the land of stories the wishing spell.

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