1. BY: POLLY SHULMAN
Jane Allen
Reading: Miss Roche
Period 5
May 11, 2012

2.  * Polly Shulman wrote many books about edible jellyfish, Egyptian
tombs, infinity, blind dates, books, brains, centenarians, circuses, and
cinematic versions of Jane Austen novels, for The New York Times,
Discover, Newsday, Salon, Slate, Scientific American, Archaeology, and
The Village Voice, among others. She edits news stories about fossils,
meteors, the ocean, the weather, and the planets for Science magazine.
She likes to collect Victorian jewelry made out of human hair. Victorian
jewelry is hair braided into art. She also puts cayenne pepper in her
chocolate cookies , and also reads forgotten books with frontispieces.
 She graduated from Hunter College High School, Hampshire College
Summer Studies in Mathematics, and Yale University, where she majored
in math. She has never dared to crash a dance , but in tenth grade she
did write a proof for math class in the form of a sonnet. She grew up in
New York City, where she lives with her husband , Andrew Nahem
Andrew Nahem, and their parakeet, Olive.

3.  The Grimm Legacy is about a girl named
Elizabeth Rew, at Fisher Middle School, who got
a job in the New-York Circulating Material
Repository room and is a page with Anjali Rao,
Mark Merrit and Aaron Rosendorn. Some of the
magical things, in the Grimm Collection, get
replaced with fake copies. A giant bird follows
and stalks the pages, because they have magical
objects from the Grimm collection that the bird
wants to take. A couple of days later Anjali, Dr.
Rust, Elizabeth and the other pages boss,
disappears. Will the other pages and Anjali’s
little sister, Jaya, solve the mystery of who is
taking the Grimm Collection magical objects and
can they save Dr. Rust and Anjali?

4.  Main Characters:
1. Elizabeth Rew
2. Anjali Rao
3. Mark Merrit
4. Aaron Rosendorn
5. Dr.Rust
 Supporting Characters:
1. Jaya Rao
2. Andrew Merrit
3. Mr. Mauskopf

5.  Introduction:
- Elizabeth is new at Fisher Middle School
- Meets Mr. Mauskopf (her social studies teacher)
- Gets a job at the New-York Circulating Material Repository
 Rising Action:
- Passes the test on getting a job at the New-York Circulating
Repository
- Becomes a page
- Meets Mark, Anjali, and Aaron
- Finds bird stalking the pages
- Elizabeth passes a trust test and gets a key that’s disguised
as a paperclip
- Elizabeth goes over to Anjali’s house and meets Jaya,
Anjali’s annoying little sister
- Elizabeth finds out that Anjali and Jaya are from a family
with magical powers

6.  Climax:
- Elizabeth borrows a magical mermaid comb and has to deposit
something that is a part of her so she gave up her sense of
direction
- Elizabeth and Anjali go to the Fisher Middle School where Mark
plays basketball
 Conclusion:
- Anjali and Dr.Rust go missing
- Aaron borrows a magic mirror from the story of snow white and
the mirror belongs to the evil stepmother
- Aaron has to give up something and chooses his first born child
- Elizabeth and Aaron gets clues to find Anjali
- They find out that Anjali was turned into a doll
- Mark gets turned into a doll by trying to save Anjali and Dr.Rust
- They find Anjali and Mark and turn them back into humans
- They find Dr.Rust and take him out of the snow globe

7.  1.Bulky- adj. :having bulk : large of its kind: corpulent: having great volume in
proportion to weight <a bulky knit sweater>
“She felt much lighter than she looked in her bulky rags.” page 1
 2. Peered- verb : to look narrowly or curiously; especially: to look searchingly at
something difficult to discern : to come slightly into view : emerge partly
“She held the right sneaker close to her face and peered inside, seeming to sniff at it.”
page 1
 3. Luminous – Adj.: to look narrowly or curiously; especially: to look searchingly at
something difficult to discern: to come slightly into view : emerge partly
“ Her eyes surprisingly bright, a pale, luminous gray like a storm” Page 2
 4. Rummaged- verb :to make a thorough search or investigation to examine
minutely and completely: to discover by searching
“She rummaged through the bags in the cart as the snow continued to tumble
down my collar.” Page 2
 5. Sternness-adj. : expressive of severe displeasure : harsh: forbidding or gloomy in
appearance
“ He was my favorite teacher, despite his intimating sternness.”Page 2

8.  Elizabeth Rew played by: Peyton List

9.  Anjali Rao played by: Mirnada Cosgrove

10. Mark Merrit played by: Brad Steven Perry

11.  Dr. Rust played by: Patrick Dempsey
 Aaron Rosendorn played by:
Dylan Sprouse

12. 1.When Anjali and Dr. Rust go missing:
 The Theme Song from the movie Jaws

13. I rated The Grimm Legacy
Five out of five stars
I loved this book because it was a great mystery. It
had interesting characters and wonderful drama.
I could barely put this book down each night.
Every page was filled with suspense. I could
relate to the characters because we were the
same age. I highly recommend this book.