September 6, 2004
Favorite chapter book tales continue this fall-some come to their riveting conclusions. The adventures of the Grace children, The Spiderwick Chronicles #5: The Wrath of Mulgarath by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, concludes as Jared, Mallory and Simon square off against an evil ogre who has kidnapped their mother. They enlist help of a brownie, hobgoblin and more in their quest to reunite their family. .
January 1, 2005
In the fifth, and allegedly final, volume about the Grace children, Jared, Mallory, and Simon search for their abducted mother, battle dragons, and meet great-great-uncle Arthur, who disappeared from the mortal world decades ago. A little more grotesque than previous volumes in the series, the busy, occasionally murky plot is heavily illustrated.
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