DiTerLizzi, Tony. The Spiderwick Chronicles Books 4 & 5 NY: Simon and Shuster, 2004. 244 pages. (Fantasy Series)The main characters in the last two books of The Spiderwick Chronicles are the same Simon Grace and Jared Grace, the twins, and their sister, Mallory Grace. These two books took place in the old mansion, the old quarry, and Mulgarath’s castle. The problem in book four, The Ironwood Tree, is their sister is kidnapped by the dwarves. They have to rescue her by giving them the guide which they did not have, so they traded a math book without the dwarves knowing. The dwarves go back on their word and kidnap them too. They solve the problem by escaping. They find a creature that leads them out of the old quarry with their sister.The problem in book five, The Wrath of Mulgarath, is that an evil ogre destroys their home and kidnaps their mother. They have to find Arthur Spiderwick who got kidnapped by elves, and they find him.Finding out how to stop Mulgarath and how to stop him didn’t work, so they ran off to his castle and fought him to death.These novels had good pictures and were fun to read anywhere.
Reviewed by: Mckibbles
