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The Spiderwick Chronicles

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One boxed set and ten copies of The Nixie's Song to be won!

To be in with a chance of winning one of these fabulous prizes, courtesy of Simon & Schuster, just e-mail me and tell me the names of the three Grace children. UK Residents only. You could win a boxed set of all five of the Spiderwick Chronicles (first name out of the hat) or one of ten copies of the first novel in the sequel series, THE NIXIE'S SONG! Closing date 31st January 2008. You'll find reviews of all six of these terrific books on the children's page...

Cast: Michael Kahn, Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Mark Waters
Producer: Mark Canton, Albie Hecht, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Damon Ross
Writer: John Sayles, David Berenbaum, Brent Forrester, Holly Black
Official Site: http://www.SpiderwickChronicles.com/
Release: Friday March 21 2008
Distributor: Paramount

The Spiderwick Chronicles - soon to be a major movie (February)

  • The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda's Secret
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath

Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles

  • The Nixie's Song: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
  • A Giant Problem: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
  • The Wind And The Wisps: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles

Accompanying Books

  • Arthur Spiderwick's Notebook of Fantastical Observations
  • Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles: Care and Feeding of Sprites

Characters

Human

  • Jared Grace-Nine years old, short-tempered and adventurous, he's the one who discovers Arthur Spiderwick's illustrated field guide in a secret room of the house. While the books follow the adventures of all three of the Grace children, the point of view is his.
  • Simon Grace- Jared's twin brother, gentle in nature and fond of animals; he befriends a wounded Griffin.
  • Mallory Grace- Thirteen years old, she likes the sport of fencing and is on her school team. In fact, she even used her sword to help defend her and her brothers from some of magical creatures found around the Spiderwick Estate. Mallory had many adventures with her brothers including the defeat of Mulgarath, which prevented him from taking over the world.
  • Lucinda Spiderwick- Lucinda is the daughter of Arthur Spiderwick and the great aunt to the Grace children. She is the cousin of Helen Grace's mother. When her father disappeared and her sister left home she was in charge of the house. Soon fairies came and tried to get her to give them the guide. She didn't know where it was, so the fairies attacked her, breaking her back. Her sister thought she was hurting herself and she was put in a clinic for the insane. She can only eat fairie food because of a cruel joke played by the fairies. A few friendly sprites now take care of her by giving her fairy food while she is in the asylum.
  • Arthur Spiderwick- The creator of the field guide to faries. He disappeared after trying to fool the elves.
  • Helen Grace - The mother of the Grace children.
  • Richard Grace - Helen Grace's former husband until a divorce. Later appears to be Mulgarath in disguise.

Faeries

  • Thimbletack - the house's brownie. A brownie is something that does the housework. But if it is angry, it becomes a boggart, a mischievous creature.
  • The Not-Jared Grace - a fake Jared who is Mulgarath as we find out in Book 4: The Ironwood Tree.
  • River Troll - only appears in Book 2: The Seeing Stone. He is just a plain troll that lives underneath local rivers.
  • The Korting - the ruler of the dwarves. In Book 4: The Ironwood Tree, he tricks Jared and Simon into being held prisoner.
  • Mulgarath - an evil ogre, the villain.

Hogsqueal, one of Mulgarath's goblins that is actually a hobgoblin. Hogsqueal is an anti-hero. As goblins don't have teeth, they substitute broken glass for them; Hogsqueal replaces them for children's teeth, claming that he's the Tooth Faery.


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