fairies

• Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull (2008)

  [7/10]

  "The slow-moving first half of the book disappointed me, but I still find the Fablehaven books one of the most interesting and well-written adventure series around."

• Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull (2007)

  [8/10]

  "Kendra and Seth expect to spend their next summer vacation helping out at Fablehaven, a mystical preserve for magical creatures tended by the kids' grandparents. But problems for Kendra and Seth start even before their summer vacation begins."

• Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (2006)

  [6/10]

  "Mull has written a fairly decent modern-day fantasy story that possibly could have had a fairly good chance at hitting the bestseller lists if Mull had worked with a national publishing house."

• Spiderwick Chronicles , The directed by Mark Waters (2008)

  [8/10]

  "Ignoring the very clear warning about death and destruction to those who open the book, Jared breaks the seal and begins to read about a world of magical creatures. By breaking the seal, Jared breaks the barrier between the fairy and human worlds and exposes his family to a pantheon of aggressive creatures."

  Average score: 7.25