The Wishing Spell: Book 1 (The Land of Stories)

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The Evil Queen talks to her through the mirror and tells her it was Red Riding Hood who set her up with the Three Bears. One of the items needed for the spell is the tear of a fairy, which the twins have collected in a glass bottle. Leaving the thought to the side for a moment, they once more approached the owner of the object – in this case Snow White – directly. The twins try to get out of the dangerous Dwarf Forests but unfortunately run into the Gingerbread House Witch, The Big Bad Wolf Pack, and Goldilocks on their way out. The twins' next stop for the Wishing Spell was the Red Riding Hood Kingdom (now the Center Kingdom), which they had to enter by climbing over the wall around the kingdom.

With his sinister plan finally in motion, he is eager to destroy the families and take his place as emperor. Once they arrive, they find out that Froggy collected many of Alex's books when they fell into the The Land Of Stories and that they are currently in the The Dwarf Forests. So begins the twins’ journey into Conner’s very own stories to gather an army of pirates, cyborgs, superheroes, and mummies as they band together for the ultimate fight against the Masked Man.This special edition includes twenty plus new, fully-colored illustrations to accompany the words on the pages.

Mira dies in Evly's arms, and they are both swallowed up by the Queen's magic mirror when it falls because the queen's Hiding place falls apart. At the meeting, the Enchantress captures Alex and Conner's grandmother, revealing that she had captured 'Alex', but instead got Charlotte, their mother, who pretended to be Alex. With sinister plans being put into motion by Morina, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Queen of Hearts, Captain Hook, and the rest of their evil literary army, Conner doesn’t think the situation can get any worse.

Queen Red Riding Hood reluctantly frees Goldilocks from prison and Jack, the love of her life, decides to go on the run with her. Mice can become men, maids can become princesses, and they can teach valuable lessons in the process. Alex and Conner then attend a meeting only for the kings and queens by persuading Red to wear a dress that they could hide under. King Arthur is the king of Camelot and love interest of Alex Bailey in Beyond the Kingdoms but they have to end their relationship because Alex had to stop the Masked Man.

The twins learn about their family history and find out they have fairy blood, which explains Alex's tears activating the Wishing Spell for the Evil Queen. Fairy tales and classic stories collide in the fourth adventure in Chris Colfer's bestselling Land of Stories series as the twins travel beyond the kingdoms! Before the Evil Queen can pour the tear over the other items, Conner kicks the bottle out of her hand, sending it to shatter and the tear to sink into the floor.At the end of the book, Alex encounters the Masked Man without his mask and becomes convinced he is the twins' deceased father, John Bailey. But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought. Alex can’t get enough of the fairy-tale world, and Conner is concerned about how much his sister falls in love with the place. It was said to be a weapon used by the demons that inhabited the fairy tale world (See book 5 for that story), and turned anything in its reflection ugly and evil. She gives them magical necklaces for protection from the thorns, since they pull anyone who goes near them into the pit.