The Land of Stories
book series by Chris Colfer
The Land of Stories is a series of children's fiction, adventure, and fantasy books written by American author, actor, and singer Chris Colfer. The first book, The Wishing Spell, was released on July 17, 2012, with the sixth and final book published in July 2017. Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.
Described by Colfer as a "modern-day fairy tale", the series follows twins Conner and Alex Bailey as they enter a world of fairy tales and discover that there is more to this world than meets the eye.
Books
The Wishing Spell
The first book in the series, The Wishing Spell, was published in July 2012.
It has been eleven months since twins Alex and Conner Bailey lost their father in a car accident, a month before their eleventh birthday. Since then, their mother has been trying to balance her job with caring for her family. On their twelfth birthday, their grandmother gives them an old book of fairy tales from her childhood, which Alex decides to keep despite Conner telling her to throw it away. After she accidentally enters the book, Conner also enters because she and him fell in it.
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