The Fairy-Tale Detectives is the first book in The Sisters Grimm series written by Michael Buckley.

Plot summary

Orphans Sabrina and Daphne go to live with their grandmother (who they thought was dead) in the town of Ferryport Landing. After the disappearance of their parents and going through numerous foster homes. They soon find out that their grandmother is a very strange person who says that the town is filled with fairy-tale beings.Daphne believes her, Sabrina does not and wants to escape but when she and Daphne try to, they are attacked by special pixies in the woods who are comtrolled by Puck. Later on their grandmother and Mr. Canis get kidnapped by a[Giant that is destruction in the town. Sabrina and Daphne, alone in the woods, soon meet Puck

Puck (Shakespeare)

Puck, also known as Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream that was based on the ancient figure in English mythology, also called Puck. Puck is a clever and mischievous elf and personifies the trickster or the wise knave...

 (From A Midsummer's Night Dream), and mistake him for Peter Pan, inraging him. He agrees to help them save their grandmother since she was kind to him and fed him sometimes. They also meet the Magic Mirror that is a household item in their home. While being pursued by the police

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

(the three little pigs). Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck escape the house on a magic carpet and fly to the Ferryport Landing jail where they rescue Jack (From Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions...

.) Jack forms a plan to sneak into the Mayor's Mansion and try to get information about the giant. But the giant finds them instead and wrecks the rich mayor's mansion. Sabrina (disguised as Mama Bear from Goldielocks) and Daphne (disguised as the Tinman) escape and find out that Jack tricked them. He was the one who set loose the giant hoping that by killing it in front of a crowd of news reporters he would come back into immense fame. They also discover he is part of a shady organization

Organization

An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...

 known as The Scarlet Hand. But just as things are looking their bleakest, he is stopped by Mr. Canis, who transforms into the Big Bad Wolf

Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf is a term used to describe a fictional wolf who appears in several precautionary folkloric stories, including some of Aesop's Fables and Grimm's Fairy Tales.-Interpretations:...

(trapped in Mr. Canis's body), and the giant is sent back to his kingdom.

Characters

• Sabrina Grimm
• Daphne Grimm
• Granny Relda Grimm
• Mr. Canis
• Puck
• Mayor Charming
• Mr. Seven
• Jack the Giant Killer
• Sheriff Hamstead
• Elvis
• Mirror
• Sana