Lucinda's Secret (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3) by Holly Black Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Lucinda's Secret (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3)
Book Review: Best of the Spiderwick Chronicles so far
Summary: 5 Stars
'Lucinda's Secret' is the third book in the Spiderwick Chronicles - continuing from where Book 2 -'The Seeing Stone' left off.The Grace children are in more danger than ever. Thimbletack their house-boggart has fallen out with nine year-old-Jared because he refuses to give him Arthur Spiderwick's old book containing the truth about the invisible faerie world - only now, it isn't invisible to the Grace kids any longer. A hobgoblin spat in their eyes, giving them 'the sight,' and now they see magical creatures that are invisible to their mother and everyone else. This is perhaps as well, as Jared's twin brother Simon is looking after an enormous injured griffin!
The old house that the Grace family live in belongs to their Great Aunt Lucinda - locked away in an insane asylum for refusing food and claiming she is fed by faeries. Jared realizes that their mad relative isn't perhaps as insane as people think - so he, Simon and Mallory visit her, to ask her advice about what they should do with the Field Guide. But when they return home they are in for an unpleasant surprise. This time their adventure involves a phooka, a unicorn and some beautiful yet sinister elves.
These little books are like something from a bygone era. The writing is a delight - but it is the illustrations that make them truly special. They are amply illustrated with fabulous 'Arthur Rackham' style pictures that will delight children from 8 to 80.
This book is the third in a series of five - about the strange, magical, and decidedly dangerous inhabitants of the invisible faerie world that surrounds us. The Spiderwick Chronicles continue with: Book 4 - 'The Ironwood Tree.'
Book Review: A Good Book, but not the best!
Summary: 4 Stars
Lucinda's Secret was the first Spiderwick Novel(well book)that i read, it immediately encaptured me into the world of the Grace children.Sadly the one complaint i have about these books are the length and size of them. I read it all in 30 mins after being chased by a swarm of wasps, it left be dying to read the others, but at that time the 4th book hadn't come out so i decided to read books 1 and 2. I read book 2 first and i finished it in 20 mins. I have now read book 1 eleven times (each time taking me 20 mins approx. and i never get bored of it.) This book is a good book, but not the best in the set.Book Review: The children meet Aunt Lucy
Summary: 5 Stars
By now you have figured out that the Spiderwick Chronicles are actually one story split over several books much as the Tolkien story is not a trilogy but a one story split over three books.
In the last book we see that the children made up a lame excuse for their foray into the magical world around them.
Now they wonder why the Field Guide is of interest to every one and go to Aunt Lucinda for answers. As you recall Aunt Lucinda is in the Nut house, oops, rest home for eccentrics. They get more than they planned on.
We follow them as they discover the mystery of the missing Arthur Spiderwick. The adventure has a sort of Alice feel.
Be he alive or be he dead
They think they know
Which way Arthur fled.
Book Review: The Spiderwick Chronicles, book 3.
Summary: 5 Stars
Lucinda's Secret is yet another exciting and enjoyable advennture in the Spiderwick series. I won't give loads of info away, but it does involve Jared getting trapped by strong vines wrapped around his legs by three elves!Like before, I would strongly advise you to read this amazing book!
Book Review: Fun with Phooka
Summary: 4 Stars
Lucinda's secret is an excellent book from the Spiderwick Chronicles. It's a fantasy book about three children: Jared, Simon and Mallory. Who believe in faeries and goblins because they have seen them.
They all are brothers and sisters and Jared and Simon are twins, even though they are very different. Mallory is the oldest. What happens is that they start to notice very weird happenings like the water tasting strange in the house. They know that the house they live in is not safe as Aunt Lucinda tells them.
Jared has a very special book, The Guide, which the faeries are after. They go on one big adventure through the forest. The reason they go to the forest is to find their Aunt Lucinda's father who left home when Lucinda was young.
The main character is Jared Grace who is quite,he can
Get very cross, and will certainly not let any Goblin
or Faerie touch the Guide.
My favourite character is Mallory because she is not girlie, never wears dresses and does fencing. When they go into the forest she brings her fencing sword with her.
I think that there are a few funny bits in the book, for instance when they are in the forest and when they meet the Phooka (a creature) the Phooka says to Mallory swords haven't been the fashion for ages and then Jared says that's my sister, the Phooka says that's no girl, where's her dress? Mallory says dresses haven't been the fashion for ages.
I recommend the book for age nine to eleven years old and it's for both boys and girls.
Alice