Conner realizes the truth about the book and that Alex wants to enter the book but before he can stop her from jumping in, Conner trips, causing both of them to fall. Later, the book hums and glows at odd times, with the oddest being during class. As Alex puts the book away before bed, she wishes that her life could be more like a fairy tale. One of the presents they receive is The Land of Stories, a book that their father used to read to them. The next day, the twins are surprised once they return home from school to find their Grandma has come to celebrate their birthdays with them. During the discussion, their mother gets a phone call from her work saying that she has to spend the next day working 12 hours, ruining the children's birthday plans and adding to their depression. Their mother is waiting for them at home while she is on a break from work and she says that she knew about the house sale before the children told her.
After school, as Alex is focused on the class's next fairy tale assignment and Conner is focused on other things, they walk by their old home and find that it has been sold.
He is able to answer the teacher's questions but is embarrassed by the attention placed on him.
Alex answers all of the teacher's questions, but Conner finds himself in trouble as he has fallen asleep. Twins Alex and Conner sit in their classroom listening to a lesson in fairy tales. Before she begins, she informs Snow White that sometimes there are no happy endings to some stories. After a short time, the Evil Queen decides to tell Snow White her real story. The Evil Queen does not want to answer Snow White’s question, but she tells Snow White that sometimes villains are only evil because of unfortunate circumstances.
Queen Snow White goes to visit her stepmother, the Evil Queen, in her dungeon, determined to know why her stepmother intended to kill her. Unbeknownst to them, one of the fairy tale land's evilest villains is also on the hunt for the items, making it a race to see whose wish will be able to come true. This is a fairy tale in its own as Alex and Conner must go to the four corners of the Fairy Tale Kingdom to find the all of the items used for the Wishing Spell. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer is the fantasy story of twins Alex and Conner Bailey as they are catapulted into a land where fairy tales are real and they must find the ingredients of a mythical spell to find their way home. NOTE: Citations in this Study Guide refer to the Kindle version of The Wishing Spell, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 1 edition (July 17, 2012).
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