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The Problem Child
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The Sisters Grimm: Book 3

The Problem Child (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Michael Buckley (Author), Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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A mystery story with a monstrous twist In book three of the series, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm tackle their most important mystery: Who kidnapped their parents more than a year ago? Sabrina enters the hideout of the Scarlet Hand, the sinister group of Everafters who are keeping her parents... read more

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  • Sabrina Grimm: Sabrina Grimm is a very headstrong, defensive girl who doesn't like being in the position of the "damsel in distress", so when Puck saves her all those countless times, she grumbles because it makes her feel inferior. Also, Sabrina is addicted to magic, therefore can't use magical items in combat. Mistrustfully, Sabrina tried to escape the custody of her "grandmother," whom she was told had died; after Granny Relda and Mr. Canis are kidnapped by a giant, however, she realizes that her Granny Relda was alive and the family business existed. Soon, Sabrina grew to love her grandmother, even with her eccentric cooking.
  • Daphne Grimm: Add a description of this character.
  • Granny Relda: Granny Relda is the softhearted, accepting grandmother that you would imagine rocking in a chair at first sight. However, she is almost the complete OPPOSITE of that. Of course, she is accepting and can be softhearted, but she would not spend her day rocking in a chair, knitting, like a normal grandmother. No, she would be out and about, searching for clues to the latest mystery in Ferryport Landing or helping a close friend with a problem they are experiencing.
  • Puck: Puck is an unhygienic, sleazy fairy that joins the Grimm household at the end of the first book. Lazy and unhelpful, he spends the majority of his days, if not saving Sabrina from trouble and being a hero, even though he is a "villain of the worst kind", then setting up pranks to somehow annoy Sabrina. He tries to hide it, but it is quite obvious that he, if not loves, then really likes Sabrina, and, though it's less obvious with her, she really likes him, too. Puck's pixies prove to be useful in several situations and his enchanted room contains his army of minion chimpanzees.
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  • And then Sabrina punched him in the belly.
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  • Puck taunted. His wings suddenly popped out of his back and he swooped over to Sabrina. Before she knew how to react, the boy kissed her on the lips. A million thoughts ran through Sabrina’s head at once. Puck was annoying. He had dumped her in vats of disgusting glop. He’d put creepy crawlers in her bed. But the most awful thought of them all was the one about the kiss—it was nice.
    Highlighted by 8 Kindle customers
  • “Mom, I’m not bragging when I say this, but let’s be honest. I’m pretty hard to forget!”
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  • She couldn’t believe her first kiss had been from a dirty, smelly Everafter surrounded by a bunch of screaming chimpanzee pyromaniacs.
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  • it’s to let an attacker know that you mean business,” Daphne explained. “It looked like it was to let an attacker know you were constipated,”
    Highlighted by 5 Kindle customers
  • Sabrina leaned over, cupped her hand around her sister’s ear, and whispered the definition to her. The little girl stepped back and crinkled up her nose. “You’re gross.”
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  • “I have an impeccable reputation as a scoundrel. I have been banned by thousands of hamlets, hundreds of cities, dozens of countries, and three different dimensions. There are bounties on my head all over the planet and on a few planets you’ve never heard of. I’m Puck, the Trickster King. I’m the mean and nasty emperor of pranksters. I’m the boy hero to nations of snickering layabouts.
    Highlighted by 5 Kindle customers
  • “Baba Yaga! Well that’s just great! A mentally deranged cannibal who collects human bones still remembers me. How did I get so lucky?”
    Highlighted by 3 Kindle customers
  • The little girl clenched her hands into claws, squinted her eyes, and contorted her mouth so that she looked like she was very angry, though her overalls with a kitten sewn on the front made it all a little comical.
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  • “The only bad ideas are the ones never tried,”
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Organizations edit see section history

  • The Scarlet Hand: This group is made up of evil everafters who are always stirring up trouble and want to rule the world. They are also the group who kidnapped Sabrina and Daphne's parents.

First Sentence edit see section history

Sabrina opened her eyes and saw a monster hunched over her.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 9 in The Sisters Grimm. (standard series)

Preceded by The Unusual Suspects, and followed by Once Upon a Crime.

This is book 3 of 5 in Sisters Grimm. (community list)

Preceded by The Unusual Suspects, and followed by Once Upon a Crime.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael Buckley (Author)
  2. Peter Ferguson (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: 30 August 2006
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Page Count: 320

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