summary of the land of stories wishing spell
The Land of Stories
A year has gone by since Alex and Conner Bailey suffered the tragic loss of their father . Their mother , who is trying to balance her job and her family after her husband 's death , is unable to celebrate their twelfth birthday . Instead , the twins ' Grandma comes to celebrate . She gives the twins a book of fairy tales they recognize from their childhood , titled `` The Land of Stories '' . Alex keeps it in her room at night and soon discovers a buzzing noise coming from the book . It does n't take the twins long to realize that the book of fairy tales is real and acts as a portal between both worlds . They meet numerous classic characters including Cinderella , Sleeping Beauty , Snow White , Goldilocks , Little Red Riding Hood ( who 's not so little anymore ) and new characters including Froggy , Sir Lampton , The Huntress , and Trollbella . However great the twins find the fairy tale world , they realize they need to find a way back to their world . Froggy tells the twins of the Wishing Spell , where magical items are put together to grant one wish . The twins embark on the greatest adventure they 've ever been on , traveling across just about every kingdom and encountering villains along the way . They follow the journal of a man who collected the items once before . The book reaches its climax when Alex , Conner , the Evil Queen , the Huntress , Goldilocks , Jack , Queen Red Riding Hood , and the Big Bad Wolf Pack ( descendants of the Big Bad Wolf who agreed to kidnap the twins in exchange for Red ) as well as Red 's army , meet at a hidden palace in the Sleeping Kingdom . Goldilocks and the Huntress battle until Jack fires a cannonball at the Huntress and she is killed . This book also tells the story of Evly , The Evil Queen and her lover Mira . When she was little , she was a very kind and caring girl . Evly stole the Wishing Spell to free her lover Mira from the magic mirror , but he dies in her arms and they are both swallowed up by the mirror . Alex and Conner find themselves trapped in the fairy world , until they learn that their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother , who is capable of making portals between the Otherworld and the Fairy World , and the journal written by a man who had successfully completed the Wishing Spell years before when he fell in love with a woman on Earth belonged to their father . Therefore , Alex and Conner are part fairy . Alex and Conner get back to their mother through a portal made by their grandmother into the Otherworld in the end . 
A year has gone by since Alex and Conner Bailey suffered the tragic loss of their father . Their mother , who is trying to balance her job and her family after her husband 's death , is unable to celebrate their twelfth birthday . Instead , the twins ' Grandma comes to celebrate . She gives the twins a book of fairy tales they recognize from their childhood , titled `` The Land of Stories '' . Alex keeps it in her room at night and soon discovers a buzzing noise coming from the book . It does n't take the twins long to realize that the book of fairy tales is real and acts as a portal between both worlds . They meet numerous classic characters including Cinderella , Sleeping Beauty , Snow White , Goldilocks , Little Red Riding Hood ( who 's not so little anymore ) and new characters including Froggy , Sir Lampton , The Huntress , and Trollbella . However great the twins find the fairy tale world , they realize they need to find a way back to their world . Froggy tells the twins of the Wishing Spell , where magical items are put together to grant one wish . The twins embark on the greatest adventure they 've ever been on , traveling across just about every kingdom and encountering villains along the way . They follow the journal of a man who collected the items once before . The book reaches its climax when Alex , Conner , the Evil Queen , the Huntress , Goldilocks , Jack , Queen Red Riding Hood , and the Big Bad Wolf Pack ( descendants of the Big Bad Wolf who agreed to kidnap the twins in exchange for Red ) as well as Red 's army , meet at a hidden palace in the Sleeping Kingdom . Goldilocks and the Huntress battle until Jack fires a cannonball at the Huntress and she is killed . This book also tells the story of Evly , The Evil Queen and her lover Mira . When she was little , she was a very kind and caring girl . Evly stole the Wishing Spell to free her lover Mira from the magic mirror , but he dies in her arms and they are both swallowed up by the mirror . Alex and Conner find themselves trapped in the fairy world , until they learn that their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother , who is capable of making portals between the Otherworld and the Fairy World , and the journal written by a man who had successfully completed the Wishing Spell years before when he fell in love with a woman on Earth belonged to their father . Therefore , Alex and Conner are part fairy . Alex and Conner get back to their mother through a portal made by their grandmother into the Otherworld in the end .
Froggy tells the twins of the Wishing Spell , where magical items are put together to grant one wish . Evly stole the Wishing Spell to free her lover Mira from the magic mirror , but he dies in her arms and they are both swallowed up by the mirror .  Alex and Conner find themselves trapped in the fairy world , until they learn that their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother , who is capable of making portals between the Otherworld and the Fairy World , and the journal written by a man who had successfully completed the Wishing Spell years before when he fell in love with a woman on Earth belonged to their father .
Froggy tells the twins of the Wishing Spell , where magical items are put together to grant one wish . Evly stole the Wishing Spell to free her lover Mira from the magic mirror , but he dies in her arms and they are both swallowed up by the mirror . Alex and Conner find themselves trapped in the fairy world , until they learn that their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother , who is capable of making portals between the Otherworld and the Fairy World , and the journal written by a man who had successfully completed the Wishing Spell years before when he fell in love with a woman on Earth belonged to their father .
Froggy tells the twins of the Wishing Spell , where magical items are put together to grant one wish . Evly stole the Wishing Spell to free her lover Mira from the magic mirror , but he dies in her arms and they are both swallowed up by the mirror . Alex and Conner find themselves trapped in the fairy world , until they learn that their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother , who is capable of making portals between the Otherworld and the Fairy World , and the journal written by a man who had successfully completed the Wishing Spell years before when he fell in love with a woman on Earth belonged to their father . Alex and Conner get back to their mother through a portal made by their grandmother into the Otherworld in the end .
Froggy tells the twins of the Wishing Spell , where magical items are put together to grant one wish . Evly stole the Wishing Spell to free her lover Mira from the magic mirror , but he dies in her arms and they are both swallowed up by the mirror . Alex and Conner find themselves trapped in the fairy world , until they learn that their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother , who is capable of making portals between the Otherworld and the Fairy World , and the journal written by a man who had successfully completed the Wishing Spell years before when he fell in love with a woman on Earth belonged to their father . Alex and Conner get back to their mother through a portal made by their grandmother into the Otherworld in the end .