书名：The Grimm Conclusion 
读者对象：10岁及以上
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数630L
作者：Adam Gidwitz
出版社名称：Puffin Books
出版时间：2014
语种：英文 
ISBN：9780142427361
商品尺寸：13 x 2.5 x 19.7 cm
包装：平装
页数：384

The Grimm Conclusion是美国作家亚当·吉德维茨所著的儿童小说，为三部曲系列之一，收录了经典的格林童话故事（相比其它两册，本书的故事没有那么地“暗黑”）。这是一本很好的英文章节小说书，故事幽默有趣，主题积极向上，可作为中小学英语阅读提升推荐读物使用。

From the Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times bestselling author—with all new cover and interior illustrations by Dan Santat!
Did you know that Cinderella’s stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds? Really. And that
Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half? And that in “The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage,” a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other? (Okay, I guess that one’s not that grim.)
Those are the real fairy tales. But they have nothing on the fairy tales in this book.
For more twisted tales look for A Tale Dark and Grimm and In a Glass Grimmly.

Praise for The Grimm Conclusion:
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and Gidwitz deploys his successful formula of bloody happenings and narratorial intrusion in his third and final installment of unexpurgated fairy tales. ... Underneath the gore, the wit, and the trips to Hell and back, this book makes it clearer than ever that Gidwitz truly cares about the kids he writes for." --Publishers Weekly

"Entertaining story-mongering, with traditional and original tropes artfully intertwined."--Kirkus Reviews

"The conclusion to the trilogy that began with A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010) and continued with In a Glass Grimmly (2012, both Dutton) is equally gorey and awesomely dark. ... As innovative as they are traditional, the stories maintain clear connections with traditional Grimm tales while creatively connecting to the narrative, and all the while keeping the proceedings undeniably grisly and lurid. ... Readers will rejoice."-- School Library Journal

"Adam Gidwitz continues his eerily funny Grimm fairytale takeoffs with fresh takes on Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, and the Juniper Tree. Perfect for snuggle up reads."--Barnes & Noble

Adam Gidwitz taught in Brooklyn for eight years. Now, he writes full time—which means he writes a couple of hours a day, and lies on his couch staring at the ceiling the rest of the time. As is the case with all of his books, everything in them not only happened in the real fairy tales...it all also happened to him. Really. Learn more at www.adamgidwitz.com, on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter: @AdamGidwitz

As the cars wentby, the motherbecome more and moreworried about her children. She worried that she neglected them, and she worried that they had no one who knew how to guide their growth properly.

So she decided to marry again. She consulted all the ancient hooks that she owned, considered all the single men in the village, and decided on her husband.
I he man she chose was neither handsome nor very kind, hut he as a good cook, and the mother had read that growing children need good, hearty food to help them grow.
Also, he had two beautiful daughters, just a little hit older than Jorinda and Joringel. So the man knew how to raise children.That, themother decided, was good, too.
And everything was good. For a few days.
Jorinda (that’s the girl) and Joringel (that’s theboy) always cleaned the house and took care of all the chores.
“I’m going to knock,” said Joringel.
“Don’t!” Jorinda hissed. But before she could stop him, he had rapped three times on the door of their mother’s study.
Behind the door, they could heat a chair beingpushed back and pages being shuffled. “Coming!” a voice called.
Jorinda tried to pull her brother away, butJoringel stood firm.
The door opened, anti their mother appeared.Her long hairwas held tip in a messy bun behind her head, and she was blinking, as ii she weren’t used to looking at anything that wasn’t words on a page.When she saw the children, she smiled sadly anti knelt before them.
“Yes, my dears?” she asked.
Suddenly, Joringel didn’t know what to say. He looked at the Floor.
“Nothing, Mama.” Jorinda cut in. “We’re sorry to disturb you.”
But her mother said, “You’re not disturbing me.What is it?”
Joringel raised his head.His eyes were brimming with tears.
Themother took her children by their small hands and led them into her study.