Spiderwick
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Spiderwick (The Spiderwick Chronicles) is a popular series of illustrated children's fantasy books written by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The books are designed for school age and middle school age children. Like the A Series of Unfortunate Events series, volumes of this book are often hardbound and made to look like even older hardbound books. Pen and ink drawings appear throughout the books.
The story takes place in New England, United States. Nine-year-old twins Simon and Jared and their older sister Mallory have moved to the decrepit Spiderwick Estate. They discover a field guide to Faeries, and quickly realize that the estate is infested with them. Some of the faeries are funny and cute; many more of them are pesky or downright malicious. They discover many new creatures also.
Contents |
[edit] Publications
- The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
- The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone
- The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda's Secret
- The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree
- The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath
- Arthur Spiderwick's Notebook of Fantastical Observations
- Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
[edit] Characters
[edit] Human
- Jared Grace--short-tempered and adventurous, he's the one who discovers Arthur Spiderwick's illustrated field guide in a secret room of the house. While the books follow the adventures of all three of the Grace children, the point of view is his.
- Simon Grace- Jared's twin brother, gentle in nature and fond of animals; he befriends a wounded Griffin.
- Mallory Grace - Thirteen years old, she likes the sport of fencing and is on her school team. In fact, she even used her sword to help defend her and her brothers from some of magical creatures found around the Spiderwick Estate. Mallory had many adventures with her brothers including the defeat of Mulgarath, which prevented him from taking over the world.
- Lucinda Spiderwick
- Arthur Spiderwick
- Helen Grace - the mother of the Grace children.
- Richard Grace - Helen Grace's former husband until a divorce. Later appears to be Mulgarath in disguise.
[edit] Faeries
- Thimbletack - the house's brownie. A brownie is something that does the housework. But if it is angry, it becomes a boggart, a mischievous creature.
- The Not-Jared Grace - a fake Jared who is Mulgarath as we find out in Book 4: The Ironwood Tree.
- River Troll - only appears in Book 2: The Seeing Stone. He is just a plain troll that lives underneath your local rivers.
- The Korting - the ruler of the dwarves. In Book 4: The Ironwood Tree, he tricks Jared and Simon into being held prisoner.
- Mulgarath - an evil ogre.
[edit] Movie
A theatrical movie based on the novels is due to be released in 2008.
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Sarah Bolger | Mallory Grace |
| Freddie Highmore | Jared & Simon Grace |
| David Strathairn | Arthur Spiderwick |
| Andrew McCarthy | Richard Grace |
| Mary Louise Parker | Helen Grace |
| Izabella Miko | Hogsqueal |
| Joan Plowright | Aunt Lucinda |
| Martin Short | Thimbletack/Boggart |
| Nick Nolte | Mulgarath |
