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The Nixie's Song (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)

Description

The Spiderwick Chronicles leave the old-fashioned charm of New England far behind and head south for some fiendish faerie fun in the hot Florida sun. Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow.

But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem - the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety - and it's up to Nick; his stepsister, Laurie; and his big brother, Julian (plus a familiar face from the original Spiderwick Chronicles) to figure out the best way to stop a host of rampaging giants before all of Florida goes up in smoke.

Reviews

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-02-19
Summary: "Irresponsible"

Let me preface this by saying we haven't even read the book. We never even got that far. Why? Because after we got home and before my 7 year old son began reading, I just perused the book and realized the inappropriate language (referenced in other negative reviews here so I don't need to explain.) The back copy of my edition recommends the book for ages 7 and up. These are words my 7 year old has never even heard--nor has my 9 year old. I had heard good things about this series but we're done. Absolutely irresponsible and gratuitous. I'm appalled.

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2009-12-06
Summary: "Swimming scared"

Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi crafted a brief but captivating fantasy story in the "Spiderwick Chronicles" series, and it was all done through a glass metafictional (with the pretense that they were just telling the story told to them). Unfortunately the first book of the sequel trilogy, "The Nixie's Song," simply doesn't capture the magical world in a bottle once more -- and honestly, the new male lead is a bitter little jerk.

Nick is angry -- his father had just remarried, saddling him with a room-sharing stepbrother and a weird stepsister. Laurie is obsessed with faeries, unicorns and all sorts of fluffy fantasy things, and her bible is the Spiderwick Field Guide. But after getting a four-leaf clover, Nick is shocked to see a bizarre creature creeping across their yard... and according to Laurie, it's a nixie.

But that's not their biggest worry, especially when the nixie gives them the sight -- allowing them to see all fae creatures, including some that are not quite so pleasant. While searching for a new nixie pond, the kids encounter a fire-spewing giant that is threatening everybody and everything in the area. But they have some formidable allies as well: the Mallory kids from the "Spiderwick Chronicles," who may be able to give them a slight edge.

The "Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles" series isn't quite as magical or gripping as Black and DiTerlizzi's original series -- Nick is a sullen insensitive brat, and "The Nixie's Song" is rather flaccidly plotted, since it basically consists of random attacks (both by and against the giants) and Nick spending a lot of time griping and sulking. It leaves you wondering, "That's it? That's all there is?" There's still two more books to go, but it doesn't exactly start off brilliantly.

There's also not so much magic and faery presence in this book -- Black and DiTerlizzi dip briefly into the eerie other-world, especially with the nixie and giant. Black's writing gives a genuinely magical atmosphere to the mundane Floridian setting ("its green skin fading to white in places and dry as a leaf"), and the fae creatures seem suitably inhuman and strange. But the first half of the book is rather slow-moving -- although the inclusion of the Mallorys spices things up.

Nick isn't a terribly likable protagonist -- he gripes, he snipes, he whines, and he spends way too much time fussing about how his dad dared to remarry. He's slowly improving, but it's hard not to resolutely dislike the little jerk. Laurie, while a stereotypical airy-fairy type, is far more likable and engaging female lead, and it's rather refreshing to have the Mallory kids reenter the scene.

"The Nixie's Song" is a unsatisfying beginning to the "Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles" trilogy, although it has the start of some interesting storylines. It just doesn't gel.

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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2009-07-05
Summary: "a kids revew"

hi i love the first part of spiderwick but some of my friends and i all agree that were disapoted in the afterpart and also we find it boring and just ant to finnish readit so we can read somthing else .
my finnal report is that the first 5 books are AWSOME bot the after part isent very good.


any ? just ask ill do the best i can to anwser and remamber this is from a kids revew

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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2009-06-09
Summary: "I enjoyed reading this one, but it's not a masterpiece"

Story overview:

Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas had his world turned upside down after the death of his mother. Not long after he is forced to welcome a new stepmother and an overly imaginative stepsister (Laurie) of similar age. If that wasn't bad enough, Laurie takes over his room so that he is forced to share with his older, "surfer" brother.

Nick believes that internalizing everything and not bothering anyone is the way to get through life, but he soon finds that ignoring Laurie and her crazy ideas is impossible. After finding a four-leaf clover, Nick soon discovers that he is able to see fantastical creatures and is forced into helping a Nixie called Taloa, who has lost all her sisters.

In his journey to find Taloa's sisters, both him and Laurie discover a giant that has the ability to breathe fire. They learn that three of Taloa's sisters were killed by the giant. Accidentally leading the beast back to their home, Taloa is forced to sing to the giant to keep it from killing her and destroying everything else in its path. In the meantime, Nick and Laurie go to a book signing to meet the creators of a book called "Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You," in hopes of finding an answer to deal with their giant problem (yes, pun intended).

My thoughts:

I enjoyed reading this one. The illustrations are very well done, and the larger font size makes reading this book easier for younger kids. The attitude of Nick (the main character) seems very realistic for a boy of his age. I enjoyed the tensions between characters, their misunderstandings, and the imagination or lack there of.

Things to consider:

I would guess this is good for age eight and up. As mentioned, the fonts and illustrations would be appealing to children. Also, there's really no questionable content that I can think of beyond a few violent scenes.

James D. Maxon

Author of, The Cat That Made Nothing Something Again

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-03-30
Summary: "The start of a fun new series."

Holly Black, The Nixie's Song (Simon and Schuster, 2007)

Holly Black and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, having made something close to a mint with the Spiderwick Chronicles books, return to the scene of their respective greatest successes with, of course, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, a projected trilogy of which this is the first volume. The action has shifted southward to Florida, where a newly-minted stepfamily finds one son and one daughter at odds with one another until the two of them go off fairy-hunting, not really expecting to find anything. They do, however, and learn, quickly and firsthand, that fairies are not to be trifled with. As with the original Spiderwick books, this is a monstrously quick read given how long it is; you'll be able to toss it back in an afternoon if you read a couple of chapters during your downtime here and there. Witty, fun, and everything you've come to expect from Black and DiTerlizzi; I'm looking forward to the next volumes in the series. *** ½