The Nixie's Song

Beyond Spiderwick Chronicles, Book One

By: Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

Narrated by: Andrew McCarthy

The creators of 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 thinks his sucky life has been turned upside down. His developer father has remarried and moved his new wife and daughter into his home in the soon-to-be-completed Melgrove Hollow. So, not only has Nick lost his bedroom to his wacko new step-sister, Laurie (who lugs around this huge book about faeries and wishes her name was Lauranathana...C'mon! How lame is that?!), but his father actually wants him to spend time with her.

When an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a nixie with a giant problem - and by giant we're talkin' the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety - it's up to Nick and Laurie (with the help of Nick's big brother, Julian) to figure out the best way to stop the rampaging beast before all of Mangrove Hollow goes up in smoke!

©2007 Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc.

A great listen

great book for the whole family to listen to together try it you won't be sorry

Skips over sections of the newly published books.

Excited to continue this series with my kids. Frustrated that sections of text were skipped.

very cool follow up

this was a great follow-up to the first series I really wish they offered them just as the set all of the books in one single volume. but I do like the appearance of the old characters in the new series

ok

it was ok. not what I was expecting. loved Andrew's performance though. it was just ok

good read, not so good listen.

really enjoyed the story, but as much as i love Andrew Macarthy, I didn't feel like his voice was suitable for this particular story. He did dona great job with the nixie's voice. I loved the story so much I endured. Bring back Mark Hamill.

Loved it

It was the best and I did not wont it to be over. I loved it so much and I want to buy a more.

Cute, Clever Followup to Spiderwick Chronicles

Any additional comments?

I do like 2 hour audiobooks since they are easily finished which leads to a sense of accomplishment. These are a followup to the original Spiderwick Chronicle 1-5. I thought the way we lead into these was rather cute and clever. In this book, kids who have the published field guide, encounter some fairy folk and become embroiled in trouble. In an attempt to come up with a solution they even try going to a book signing being done by the authors. It was just sort of cute how the authors become characters in the story about how their last story wasn't fiction at all. At the signing they meet Jared Grace, only to discover he is really Jared something else - his name having been changed for the "book". Of course, you could use this setup to create a zillion sequels, but I still thought it was cleverly done. I enjoyed the characters and liked the story well enough to at least go to part 2 (this has 3 parts).

awesome

im rereading this for the second time and I love these book, must read for anyone

Loved it!

My Family and I really enjoyed listening to this story, Andrew was great, love him.