[Lone Star pick]
Thanks to her slightly strange history teacher, Mr. Mauskopf, Elizabeth luckily snags a job at the mysterious New-York Circulating Material Repository, a library of curious objects. One of the more curious sets of objects lies in the basement—the Grimm Collection. Carefully collected by the Grimm brothers themselves, these are items purported to have inspired the stories that children still read today, but with the added excitement of magic instilled within them.
Elizabeth becomes drawn into an intriguing mystery when someone begins taking items from the repository and replacing them with fake magical items—items whose magic wears off after a short time. Is it her secret crush, Marc, who does act suspiciously from time to time? Or is it arrogant Aaron? Or one of the librarians, or someone else completely? Using magical items from the collection to help her along the way, Elizabeth embarks on an unbelievable journey that is fun to read.
Shulman’s strengths lie in her ability to create entire worlds within one novel; the idea of a repository that houses whimsical and magical items is unique in itself, and definitely fun to read about. Our protagonist, Elizabeth, is a strong female character who may occasionally fall prey to standard tropes in young adult literature—but her strengths certainly make this book one worth reading.
Elizabeth becomes drawn into an intriguing mystery when someone begins taking items from the repository and replacing them with fake magical items—items whose magic wears off after a short time. Is it her secret crush, Marc, who does act suspiciously from time to time? Or is it arrogant Aaron? Or one of the librarians, or someone else completely? Using magical items from the collection to help her along the way, Elizabeth embarks on an unbelievable journey that is fun to read.
Shulman’s strengths lie in her ability to create entire worlds within one novel; the idea of a repository that houses whimsical and magical items is unique in itself, and definitely fun to read about. Our protagonist, Elizabeth, is a strong female character who may occasionally fall prey to standard tropes in young adult literature—but her strengths certainly make this book one worth reading.
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