The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer Summary
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Step into a world where fairy tales intertwine as twins journey through a magical book. Chris Colfer's NYT #1 bestseller captivated readers for five weeks straight, with Hollywood racing to adapt what USA Today calls "more magic than Disney has dreamt of."
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A World Beyond the Pages
What if the fairy tales you grew up with weren't just stories, but gateways to another world? For twelve-year-old twins Alex and Conner Bailey, this question becomes startlingly real when they tumble through their grandmother's mysterious storybook into the Land of Stories. Still reeling from their father's death and their mother's struggle to support them with double hospital shifts, the twins find themselves in a realm where fairy tales are living history. Here, Cinderella rules a kingdom while pregnant with her first child, Red Riding Hood has become a vain young queen, and Snow White regularly visits her stepmother in prison, trying to understand why someone would try to kill her four times. This isn't the sanitized world of children's books-it's a place where fairy tale characters have complex lives that continued long after "happily ever after," where villains have heartbreaking backstories, and where the twins will discover secrets about their own family that will change everything they thought they knew.
The Twins Who Couldn't Be More Different
Fairy Tales Come to Life
The Quest for Eight Magical Items
The Evil Queen's Heartbreaking Origin
A Family Legacy Revealed
The Magic That Transforms Us
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"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
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"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
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"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
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"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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