Elizabeth has no idea what she's getting herself into when she gets an after-school job at the New York Circulating Material Repository, a lending library of objects. Seeking any opportunity to make friends and stay as far away as possible from her stepmother, Elizabeth eagerly throws herself into tracking down call numbers for some very unique requests.
And then she discovers the Grimm Collection, which contains magical items from fairy tales told by the legendary brothers, like a truth-telling (albeit snarky) mirror, seven-league boots, and a mermaid's comb. Elizabeth can hardly believe her luck as she, along with the other library pages Marc, Anjali, and Aaron, experiences the wonders of these magical objects.
With magic however, there's always a dark cloud. Someone is stealing the objects from the Grimm Collection and Elizabeth is determined to catch the thief and restore the valuables to their home in the Repository. In the blink of an eye, she gets whirled up in an adventure beyond her wildest imagination, containing pneumatic tubes, a golden key, and an extremely large bird.
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman is a story of fairy tale magic unlike any I've read before! I not only enjoyed reading about Elizabeth's adventures, I was also jealous of them.
