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''[[The Sisters Grimm]]'' is a series of mystery books by Michael Buckley. They're basically about one big old [[Fractured Fairy Tale]], where the main protagonist, Sabrina Grimm, must solve crimes that happen in the small town of Ferryport Landing. Ferryport Landing is your everyday, run-of-the-mill town where nothing is what it seems and fairytale creatures, called Everafters, roam the streets. Sometimes, mass destruction follows them, and somehow, none of the humans notice the going-ons. Although, [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|the forgetful dust does make humans forget what happened]].
The series is on-going. As of this writing, all the books, in order, are:
 
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* ''The Council of Mirrors''
 
The main protagonist, Sabrina Grimm, and her eight-year-old sister, Daphne Grimm, are related to [[The Brothers Grimm (Creatorcreator)|The Brothers Grimm]], you know, the guys who made all of those fairy tales. To make a long story short, the girls' parents disappear mysteriously. The girls skip around foster homes, which ensures the fact that Sabrina will be [[The Snark Knight]]. They go to live with a grandmother they didn't know they had. Sabrina meets the bane of her existence in the form of Puck, a four-thousand-year-old fairy prince turned king. They have to defeat the [[Ultimate Evil]] by solving a series of mysteries that eventually lead up to a war with the Scarlet Hand, an evil group of Everafters.
 
Almost always, Puck is there to save the day, except it is Sabrina who solves most of the mysteries, by coincidence or logical reasoning.
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* [[Academy of Adventure]]: In book two, Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck are enrolled in Ferryport Landing Elementary. The children were practically zombie slaves, the teachers were evil,{{spoiler|the school's guidance councilor tried to kill everybody, and the principal turned out to be the Pied Piper and was controlling the human students.}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Nearly all the women in the book.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Baba Yaga and Jacob Grimm is just one example.
* [[The Alleged Car]]: The Grimm family's beat up old car is so loud, you cannot have a single conversation inside it.
{{quote| "Are We close to Faerie yet?"<br />
"Oh, I love chili, but I'm afriad it doesn't love me," Granny shouted back.<br />
"No, not chili!Faerie!" Sabrina cried. "Are we getting closer?"<br />
"Why no, I've never kissed a monkey. What a weird question." }}
* [[All Part of the Show]]: When the Jabberwocky breaks into the school.
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** Future Sabrina also says that T-rexes were not native to North America while explaining the time rifts. T-rex fossils are found ''only'' in North America.
* [[Disney Creatures of the Farce]]
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]: Puck is constantly having to save Sabrina's butt.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Granny Relda is not allowed, ''under the law'', to be behind the wheels of a car. Sabrina actually goes onto the opposite lane while driving. She couldn't even reach the pedals, so Daphne had to push them. To be fair, she was trying to escape being eaten.
* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: Definitely the Grimms.
* [[Enemy Within]]: Mr. Canis, aka, The Big Bad Wolf.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]
* [[Face Doodling]]: The title says all.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Puck and his family.
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* [[Gasshole]]: Ew, Puck! Gross!
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]: Puck even goes as far as saying that it's a disease, and it's all Sabrina's fault he is growing up. In his defense, it technically ''is'' her fault. {{spoiler|He slowly begins aging so he and Sabrina always appear to be the same age.}}
* [[Hero Withwith an F In Good]]: Defines Puck, and possibly Charming.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Veronica is said to be pretty hot. Even the prison guards were talking about her legs, much to Sabrina's chagrin.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Baba Yaga even decorates her front yard with human skulls.
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* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Puck and Mayor Charming have a problem with names.
* [[Near Misses]]: This happens to a lot of people a bunch of times.
* [[Never Mess Withwith Granny]]: Granny Relda's middle name should be badass, especially when she runs into Sabrina's room, uttering a battle cry and carrying a sword, ready to fight off whatever was threatening her granddaughter.
* [[Never Grew Up]]: No Puck didn't.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: This happens to Puck when he attempts to save Sabrina from {{spoiler|the Jabberwocky after it corners them at a cafe. He has his wings ripped off.}}
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* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Sabrina and Jacob both go power hungry in {{spoiler|the third book, and they almost kill all the Everafters in the area.}}
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: The Master of the Scarlet Hand is very much politically incorrect.
* [[Portal to Thethe Past]]
* [[Prince Charmless]]: [[Prince Charming]], amusingly enough.
* [[Real Men Eat Meat]]: Puck did eat a horse for a bet.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Sabrina has to tell {{spoiler|her mom and dad}} that Puck is ''not'' her boyfriend as they watch him pull a prank on Sabrina.
* [[Sibling Team]]: Sabrina and Daphne.
* [[Squick]]: Book two
* [[Talking Animal]]: There are a ton of them.
* [[Teach Me How to Fight]]: Daphne and Sabrina learn karate from Snow White.
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