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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... read more
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Elizabeth Rew started working at a repository in New York. She finds it looking old and very large, but very plain. But as she gets a tour from Ms. Callender, she finds out that things are different from what she thought. There are rare items in almost every stack. One day working at the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Elizabeth Rew: The main character: a student at Fisher High School who gets a job at the New-York Repository to make some new friends after a recommendation from her social studies teacher.
- Marc Merritt: Friend of Elizabeth. A library student aide at the Repository. Star basketball player at Fisher High School. All of the girls have a crush on him.
- Anjali Rao: Friend of Elizabeth. A library page at the Repository. Attends Miss Wharton's School. A heartthrob.
- Mr. Stan Mauskopf: Elizabeth's social studies teacher at Fisher High School. He recommend Elizabeth for the job at the lending library.
- Dr. Lee Rust (aka "Doc"): Head Librarian at the New York Circulating Material Repository. Friend of Stan Mauskopf.
- Ms. Martha Callender: A librarian at the New York Circulating Material Repository.
- Aaron Rosendorn: Friend of Elizabeth, a library page characterized by mistrust, suspicion and disapproval. Has a crush on Anjali. Is a student at World Peace Academy.
- Mona Chen: A library page who quit and disappeared before Elizabeth started working at the Repository.
- Zandra: Former page at the Repository.
- Wallace Stone: Patron and donor to the Repository.
- Jaya Rao: Anjeli's 10 yr. old sister. Has magical capabilities imparted to her by Ms. Bender.
- Ms. Abigail Bender: Sewing teacher at Miss Wharton's School. Jaya's teacher. Recommended Anjali to the Repository.
- Gloria Badwin, Esq.: A patron of the repository.
- Ms. Lucy Minnian: A librarian at the Repository
- Elizabeth Rew: An only child and is smoking hot guys
- Griffin (aka "The Beast"): Mr. Mauskopf's dog
- Grace Farr: Homeless patron at the Repository
- Gloria Badwin: a lady
Quotes edit
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“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.”
Elizabeth Rew
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It clearly likes to mess around with people and get them in trouble—remember what happened to Snow White’s stepmother.” “I don’t, actually. What did happen to her?” I asked. “I don’t remember either. Something bad.
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Setting & Locations edit
- New York, N.Y.
- Main Examination Room ("MER")
- The Grimm Collection: The most special of the Special Collections at the New York Circulating Materials Repository. A secret collection containing powerful magical items from the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.
- Stack 1 (aka "The Dungeon"): Location of the Special Collections, including the Grimm Collection and the Wells Bequest.
- Stack 2: Location of the Textiles and Garb collections. Also location of the Valuables Room ("V)
- Stack 3: Location of the ephemera collection.
- Stack 5: Location of the Tools and Scientific Instruments Collection
- Stack 6: Librarians' offices
- Stack 7: Location of the art collection.
- Stack 8: Location of the Fungibles Collection (plants and animals)
- Stack 9: Location of the Household Goods collection
- Stack 10: Location of Science and Medicine.
- The Wells Bequest: Collection located next door to the Grimm Collection. Named after H.G. Wells, it contains magical science fiction objects.
- Gibson Crestomathy: The software and computer technology collection. Located in Stack 1.
- Garden of Seasons: Located in Stack 1
- Lovecraft Corpus: Located on Stack 1.
- Tiffany
- Manhattan
Organizations edit
- New York Circulating Materials Repository: Founded in 1745, the oldest subscription library of its kind in the country. Lends objects --musical instruments, sports equipment, cooking tools.
- Benign Designs: A company whose staff frequently borrows materials from the Grimm Collection. Owned by Wallace Stone.
First Sentence edit
Snow fell hard: big, sticky flakes that got under my coat collar where the top button was missing.
Table of Contents edit
1. I receive a gift and a summons.
2. The New-York Circulating Material Repository
3. A suspicious page
4. I meet the Beast; Marc Merritt acts squirrelly
5. Peculiar patrons and boots that don't work
6. The Grimm Collection
7. A disagreement with a mirror
8. A multiple-choice test and a binder clip
9. The Preservation Room
10. A mysterious menace
11. A feather and a key
12. An invisible armchair
13. I lose a thumb-wrestling match
14. A forfeit
15. I lose my way
16. A basketball game
17. Anjali vanishes
18. Marc makes a deal
19. Embarrassing reflections
20. The shrink ray
21. The Golden Key
22. Betrayed
23. A princess collector
24. Andre to the rescue
25. The Garden of Seasons
26. The willpower of a librarian
27. A carpet ride
Acknowledgments
Glossary edit
- The Grimm Collection: The most special of the Special Collections at the New York Circulating Materials Repository. A secret collection containing powerful magical items from the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.
- The Wells Bequest: Collection located next door to the Grimm Collection. Named after H.G. Wells, it contains magical science fiction objects.
- Pneum: One of many plastic cylindrical containers used to transport objects to and from the stacks to the Main Examination Room.
- Kuduo: A ceremonial vessel from the Akan people, used by Dr. Rust to store deposits given as collateral for items borrowed out of the Grimm collection. This kuduo is the property of Marc Merritt's uncle.
- Dereifier: A small magical appliance that transforms things from reality based to virtual.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in The Grimm Legacy. (standard series)
Followed by The Wells Bequest: A Companion to The Grimm Legacy.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Polly Shulman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780399250965
Page Count: 325
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780399250965
Page Count: 325
Awards edit
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Finalist, 2011: Children's Literature, Finalist)
- Texas Lone Star Reading List (2011)
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book List (Vermont) (2011-2112)
- Sakura Medal (Finalist, 2012)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Juv PZ7.S559474 Gr 2010
- Dewey: FIC SHU
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