This is the first book of many in one of my favorite childhood series: The Sister's Grimm by Michael Buckley. The books are decent. I mostly like them because I can recall the moments I read certain events in the story when I was younger, and because the humor is so young and stereotypical that it's funny. Here is the plot:
Two young girls whose parents mysteriously disappeared not long ago have been taken from house to horrible house, where they have been mistreated by their foster parents. They had no other living family, so they find that they might be thrown around until they can find a proper foster family. When one woman claims to be their grandmother, Sabrina, the oldest sister, thinks that this is it for them. They have no living relatives. She must be a fraud! The woman feeds them strange food and tells them that everyone in the town is a fairytale character.
Daphne falls in love with the dog, the grandma, and her helper, Mr. Canis. Daphne doesn't want to leave. Sabrina, however, is determined that their so-called grandmother is a fake, and that they must escape as soon as possible. This lands them in some trouble. As they try to escape for the first time, they run into a winged boy who lives in the forest, and they are attacked by pixies. They are saved, and Sabrina starts to see that they weren't lying.
When a farmer's plants are mysteriously attacked, and squashed, Sabrina, Daphne, and the others must solve the mystery. They have become detectives along with their grandmother. They are the only regular humans in the whole town who know what is actually going on.
When Mr. Canis and Grandmother Relda are taken captive by a rampaging giant, it is up to Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck (the winged boy) to save them. Will they make it? (Obviously they do, because kids wouldn't be happy with an artistically unfinished novel).
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