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New York high school student Elizabeth discovers the Grimm Collection of magical objects at the New York Circulating Material Repository, leading her on a series of terrifying adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods. She and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening and magical events.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Polly Shulman
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