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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 2, 2010
Miserable at school and at home, Elizabeth seeks employment at the New York Circulating Material Depository, a private library where objects, not books, are housed and lent to an unusual clientele. There her fellow pages inform her of the library's creepy recent history: employees have gone missing, a giant bird has been seen through the building's skylights, and valuable items have ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2010
When Elizabeth takes a job as a page at the New-York Circulating Material Repository, a lending library for objects instead of books, she's let in on the repository's secret. Housed in the basement is the Grimm Collection, an assortment of items such as seven-league boots and spinning wheels that are normally found in fairy tales—amazingly, the items (and the magic) are real. But someone's been removing the materials and replacing them with nonmagical replicas, and Elizabeth doesn't know which...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Elizabeth works as a page at the New-York Circulating Material Repository. Housed in the basement is the Grimm Collection, an assortment of f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Elizabeth is an intelligent narrator. Her voice provides a thoughtful guide through the magical, mysterious, and occasionally cruel world of the New-York Circulating Material Repository. The social d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More