מעבר לממלכות

***ארץ האגדות: מעבר לממלכות*** הוא החלק הרביעי בסדרת *ארץ האגדות* של כריס קולפר. הספר נדפס לראשונה באנגלית ב-7/7/2015 על ידי ההוצאה לאור "Little, Brown and Company". בישראל הודפס הספר לראשונה באביב תשע"ו (אפריל 2016) על ידי הוצאת אריה-ניר.

It serves as the second book in the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Masked\_Man Masked Man] Arc

## Publisher's Summary & Jacket Interior Summary

**Publisher's Summary :** "The Masked Man posesses [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Portal\_Potion a powerful magic potion] that turns every book it touches into a portal, and he is recruiting an army of literature's greatest villains! So begins a race through the magical Land of Oz, the fantastical world of Neverland, the madness of Wonderland, and beyond. Can twins Alex and Conner catch up to the Masked Man?"

**Jacket Interior Summary :** "Fairy tales are just the beginning.

The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him...except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger.

With only the help of the ragtag group of Goldilocks, Jack, Red Riding Hood, and Mother Goose and her gander, Lester, the Bailey twins discover the Masked Man's secret scheme: He possesses a powerful magic potion that turns every book it touches into a portal, and he is recruiting an army of literature's greatest villains!

So begins a race through the magical Land of Oz, the fantastical world of Neverland, the madness of Wonderland, and beyond. Can Alex and Conner catch up to the Masked Man, or will they be one step behind until it's too late?

Fairy tales and classic stories collide in the fourth adventure in the bestselling Land of Stories series as the twins travel beyond the kingdoms!"

## הקדשות, אפיגרף ותודות

**הקדשה**: הספר מוקדש להוריו של כריס קולפר -

*להורַיי, שתמיד אהבו אותי ותמכו בי. אין בעולם שום ספר הדרכה להורים שהיה יכול להכין אתכם למוזרויות שלי. אני מבקש סליחה על השריטה שעשיתי בשולחן הסלון עם חרב הנינג'ה שלי. כן, זה הייתי אני.*

**אפיגרף**: "ספרים הם קסם נייד מיוחד במינו." — סטיבן קינג

**תודות**: *תודה מקרב לב לרוב וייסבך, אלה פלוטקין, רייצ'ל קרטן, דרק קרוגר, גלן ריגברג, לורי ברטלט, מרדית וצ'טר, ג'ואן ויילס, מרדית פיין, כריסטיאן הודל, מרכוס קולן, ג'רי מייברוק והת'ר מנזוטו. לכל אנשי הוצאת ליטל, בראון; ובמיוחד לאלווינה לינג, בת'אני סטרוט, מלאני צ'אנג, ניקי גרסייה, מיגן טינגלי ואנדרו סמית. תודה רבה לכל חבריי ובני משפחתי: ויל, אשלי, פאם, ג'יימי, פורטונה, ג'וןּ, ג'ן, מליסה, באבס, צ'אר, צ'רלס, דוט; וברידג'יט, רומי וסטיבן, ריק וגייל, פרנק וג'ו, רוברטו, גלוריה, ג'נל, קלי, ג'ני, מקוי, מורין, קווין, לקסי, ליטה, פאריס... והרשימה עוד ארוכה. לא הייתי יכול לעשות את כל זה ללא תמיכתכם! תודה מיוחד למאייר הנפלא ברנדון דורמן שהפיח רוח חיים בסיפורים שלי. גם אחרי ארבעה ספרים משותפים, הכישרון האמנותי שלך ממשיך להדהים אותי. תודה גם לחברתי היקרה פולי ברגן, האישה ששימשה מקור השראה עיקרי לדמותה של אימא אווזה. תודה שנתת לי לטעום מסיפורייך ומחוש ההומור שלך, והשארת עליי רושם בל יימחה. את תחסרי לי מאוד.*

**אזהרת ספוילר: פרטי עלילה בהמשך**

## עלילה

The main plot is that [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Conner\_Bailey Conner Bailey] and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Alex\_Bailey Alex Bailey] gets tricked into going into going through well know stories such as [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Robin\_Hood Robin Hood], [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Neverland Peter Pan], etc. They have to meet characters to help them get out to help and create an army to battle the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Literary\_Army Literary Army] that [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Masked\_Man Masked Man] created.

## עלילת הפרקים

### פרולוג - הבן האחר

1845: [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Hans\_Christian\_Andersen Hans Christian Andersen], a famous story writer well known for his fairy tales, goes for a walk to gather inspiration for his next story, and meets with his old friend the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy\_Godmother Fairy Godmother]. As they talk, the Fairy Godmother is the one getting inspired instead - after telling Hans about her problems with her youngest son [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Masked\_Man Lloyd], she decides to try and make a [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Portal\_Potion potion] that will allow him to travel into the books he loves so much. When it's finished, Lloyd doesn't want to try it. Devastated, the Fairy Godmother goes to the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Fairy\_Palace Hall of Dreams] to learn what her son's dream is, and finds out he means to destroy the kingdoms.

### פרק 1: בית המִבְשָל של המכשפות

At their monthly meet in [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Dead\_Man%E2%80%99s\_Creek Dead Man's Creek], the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Witches witches] from the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Dwarf\_Forests Dwarf Forests] are unsure what to do: 24 children from two kingdoms have been kidnapped and the witches think that the world will blame them and start a witch hunt. Then the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Masked\_Man Masked Man] comes in with soldiers from the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Grande\_Arm%C3%A9e Grande Armée] and tries to convice them to fight with him. [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Goldilocks Goldilocks], [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Jack Jack], [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Red\_Riding\_Hood Red], the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Third\_Little\_Pig Third Little Pig], [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Froggy Froggy], [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Alex\_Bailey Alex] and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Conner\_Bailey Conner] interrupt them and try to seize the Masked Man, but when Alex' powers get the better of her, he vanishes.

### פרק 2: "אתה מוכן לשלם עבור השיחה?"

[./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Bree\_Campbell Bree] calls [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Emmerich\_Himmelsbach Emmerich] and tells him that she has been plotting a way back into the fairy-tale world through [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Neuschwanstein Neuschwanstein castle]. Emmerich reminds her that they don't have magic in their blood so they can't play the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Magic\_Panpipe panpipe] that opens the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Painting\_in\_Neuschwanstein\_Castle portal]. Bree reveals her theory that they might be descendants of [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Brothers\_Grimm Wilhelm Grimm], because they weren't stuck in the portal for 200 years like the Grande Armée. Bree tells him that she is going to do some research on her family tree. After she hangs up, Bree is caught by [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Bookhuggers Mindy, Lindy, Wendy, and Cindy], the new hallmonitors (and conspiracy fans) of the school. The girls let Bree off the hook for talking on her phone at school if Bree tells them where the Bailey twins really are. Bree agrees to tell them, but doesn't say when, and leaves them frustrated.

### פרק 3: שלילת הסנדקאות

After a firm scolding from his mom for not contacting her sooner, Conner walks into a heated conversation between the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy\_Council Fairy Council] and Alex. The fairies think that Alex should stop looking for the Masked Man. She says she believes she saw her dad, but the fairies think that she was just delirious, having just lost her grandmother. They ask Conner if he thinks that his sister is speaking the truth. Conner feels conflicted about not supporting his sister, but admits he thinks that Alex might have just been seeing things. Alex is mad at her brother and more determined than ever to find the Masked Man and prove to them that she is right. The Council believes Alex no longer has the interests of the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Happily\_Forever\_After\_Assembly Happily Forever After Assembly] in mind and decides to "un-godmother" her. Alex loses control of her magic, shooting lightning bolts at the council before vanishing. Afraid that Alex might turn into the next [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Ezmia Enchantress], the Council makes it their priority to stop her.

### פרק 4: אווזה נמלטת

Alex' rage has brought her to the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Giant's\_Castle Giant's castle], where she finds [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Mother\_Goose Mother Goose] and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Lester Lester]. Mother Goose says she's been taking a break from the world, but when she hears Alex' story, she promises to help her.

### פרק 5: שיקויים ונבואות

Three women visit the "beauty witch", [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Morina Morina], who sells them potions to make them beautiful. She reveals how she used to be ugly herself but made herself beautiful with magic, and that she was the one supplying the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Evil\_Queen Evil Queen] with potions to preserve her youth. The Masked Man appears and asks for her help. At first she refuses, but when she learns of his plans and uses her [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Morina's\_Crystal\_Ball crystal ball] to look into the future, she agrees to help him.

### פרק 6: הפיות הרעות

Conner and his friends go back to Dead Man's Creek to look for clues on how to find the Masked Man (and thereby, Alex). [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Trix Trix] and two other fairies bring them a book they took from the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Fairy\_Palace Fairy Palace]; it's the Fairy Godmother's journal, which holds details about her potion experiments and the final recipe for the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Portal\_Potion Portal Potion]. At the creek, they find two dead bodies that look drained of all life.

### פרק 7: תשובות בעליית הגג

During the chores Bree is doing as part of her punishment for running away with Conner, she finds an old chest with things of her grandmother's, including a letter from her cousin [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Cornelia\_Grimm Cornelia Grimm]. This strengthens her theory that she is related to the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Brothers\_Grimm Brothers Grimm], and she makes up her mind to visit Cornelia in Connecticut to find out.

### פרק 8: ההתנגדות היחידה

Red and Froggy's wedding day has arrived and Red is freaking out. As she is about to lose it over her dress, Alex turns up and improves it with magic. She isn't sure about attending the wedding, but Red has planned ahead and arranged for a secret hiding place from which she can see the ceremony. Conner suddenly realizes he has forgotten the rings and runs back to get them, but when he isn't back in time, Alex makes two rings appear. Her magic is noticed by [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Emerelda Emerelda] and Alex quickly flees. Just before Red and Froggy are wed, Morina arrives and threatens to harm Red unless Froggy comes with her. He sees no other way but to do so, leaving Red at the altar. Meanwhile, Conner was knocked out by the Masked Man -no longer masked- while the latter was stealing books from Froggy's library, and now Conner also believes he is their father.

### פרק 9: פרפר הזכרונות

A [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Magical\_Moth magical moth] sent by the Fairy Godmother visits Alex and takes her to see a memory of when the Fairy Godmother killed the magic inside her son Lloyd. Alex realises the Masked Man is not her father.

### פרק 10: כפרה על כל העוונות

Alex meets [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Cornelius Cornelius] and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Rook\_Robins Rook] in the forest. They have been following the Masked Man together and know of his secret hiding place in a [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Masked\_Man's\_Cave cave]. Alex finds out the Masked Man has already been traveling into books, and is in [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Land\_of\_Oz Oz] as they speak. She hurries back to the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Red\_Riding\_Hood\_Kingdom Center Kingdom] and tells Conner and her friends what she's learned. Mother Goose arrives and confirms her story, revealing that she knew about Lloyd all along but had sworn not to tell. They make a plan to follow and capture Lloyd to prove Alex was right and reinstate her in the Council.

### פרק 11: המערה

[./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Hagetta Hagetta] stays behind in the cave while the others travel into the land of *Oz*.

### פרק 12: ציקלון

They arrive in L. Frank Baum's version of [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/(fictional)\_Kansas Kansas] and meet [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Dorothy Dorothy], [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Auntie\_Em auntie Em] and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Uncle\_Henry uncle Henry] just before the cyclone hits. As the storm starts, they see Lloyd rushing towards the house as well, wanting to "hitch a ride" to Oz.

### פרק 13: איש הפח

The friends land on top of the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Tin\_Woodman Tin Woodman], and ask for his help. He agrees, thinking there will be a heart in it for him at the end of their adventure. They take the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Yellow\_Brick\_Road Yellow Brick Road] to the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Emerald\_City Emerald City].

### פרק 14: צרות על דרך האבנים הצהובות

The group runs into a pack of [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Kalidahs Kalidahs] and have to fight for their lives. Alex gets ready to use her magic, but the Kalidahs suddenly run off and they realize they have entered the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Field\_of\_Deadly\_Poppies Field of Deadly Poppies]. One by one they fall into a deep sleep (all except the Tin Woodman, who is immune to the fumes).

### פרק 15: טירת המכשפה

When they wake, it turns out the Tin Woodman has saved all of them with the help of the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Field\_Mice\_Queen field mice]. They have been unconscious for two days and lost their head start over Lloyd. They hurry past the Emerald City onto [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Winkie\_Country Winkie Country] expecting to face the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Wicked\_Witch\_of\_the\_West Wicked Witch of the West], but the place is deserted. Lloyd has already recruited her, the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Flying\_Monkeys flying monkeys] and her other creatures. [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Blubo One tiny monkey] is left behind and tells them how they all disappeared into the next book: *Peter Pan*. Jack and Goldilocks stay behind in Oz to guard the book and the others go into *Neverland*.

### פרק 16: ילדי משפחת דרלינג נשארים בבית

In fictional London, Alex, Conner and the others find [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Peter\_Pan Peter Pan], who is looking for [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Tinker\_Bell Tinker Bell]. They quickly gather that Lloyd kidnapped her as bait for Peter, in order to get [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Captain\_Hook Captain Hook] to cooperate with him. Peter joins them in their quest and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Peter\_Pan's\_Magic\_Pixie\_Dust helps them fly] to [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Neverland Neverland].

### פרק 17: הרפתקת הילדים האבודים

They arrive in Neverland and meet the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Lost\_Boys Lost Boys]. They go to [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Pirates\_Bay Pirates Bay] to find Lloyd and get there just in time to see Captain Hook's [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Jolly\_Roger entire ship] full of [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Captain\_Hook's\_Pirates pirates] disappear into the next book. Lloyd jumps after them and drops the book into the ocean, weighted down by a chain so it sinks.

### פרק 18: הלגונה של בנות-הים

Peter leads them to the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Neverland\_Mermaids Mermaids], with whom Alex and Conner negotiate a trade. They will get the book for them if the Lost Boys stop fishing in their waters. The book is *Alice in Wonderland*. Red is chosen to stay on in Neverland to guard the book (and function as a temporary mother to the Lost Boys, who are delighted - Red is less enthusiastic).

### פרק 19: מטה במחילת הארנב

Alex, Conner, Mother Goose, Lester, the Tin Woodman and Peter Pan travel into Lewis Carrol's English countryside and follow the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/White\_Rabbit White Rabbit] down the rabbit hole. Peter saves them from drinking the "shrinking potion" from [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Alice Alice]'s story, which turns out to be [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Captain\_Hook's\_Poison poison left by Lloyd]. They meet the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Caterpillar caterpillar], and Mother Goose connects with him on a spiritual level to find out where they have to go. The Castle of Hearts looks deserted, and they think Lloyd must have already gone back to the Land of Stories. They prepare to pick up the others and go back, splitting up into two groups. Alex, Mother Goose and Lester go ahead while Conner, the Tin Woodman and Peter plan to return to the other books to gather their friends. But the empty castle is a ruse, and Alex and her friends have been tricked into going into the wrong book. Lloyd has Conner and the others thrown into another book as well, then destroys both books. With no books to return to, it seems they are trapped as Lloyd prepares to make one more stop to complete his army.

### פרק 20: בית המאכל של סיפורי האגדות

Bree ponders ways to find out her hertitage as she has a drink in the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Storybook\_Grill Storybook Grill] (run by [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Wicked\_Stepmother Lady Iris], [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Petunia Petunia] and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Rosemary Rosemary]). Bree ends up telling Lady Iris about her problems and gets some good advice as well as a tip- she could sneak onto a delivery truck from the diner, which leaves for Connecticut that Friday.

### פרק 21: הקוסם ושולייתו

Alex and Mother Goose soon find out they are not in the Land of Stories. Mother Goose takes Lester into the sky to investigate, and Alex meanwhile meets a charming young man fighting a bear. Mother Goose returns and traps the bear, only to find out that it is actually [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Merlin Merlin] and the young man is [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur Arthur]. They tell their story and both Alex and Arthur, and Mother Goose and Merlin get along very well. Alex finds a loose page from *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz* in her pocket, which means they can travel back if she can make the Portal Potion.

### פרק 22: האנשים העליזים מיער שֶרווּד

Conner, the Tin Woodsman and Peter Pan have been dropped into the story of [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Robin\_Hood Robin Hood]. The medieval hero turns out to have quite the ego (as well as a very loud voice) and he immediately assumes Conner and his friends are sent by the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Sheriff\_of\_Nottingham Sheriff of Nottingham] and captures them. He changes his mind when the Sheriff and his men attack and Conner and his friends are the ones to chase them away by pretending they are ghosts. Robin is now convinced Conner is a sorcerer and wants to help him in his quest - Conner also has a few loose pages from the Wizard of Oz book in his pockets and has come to the same conclusion as his sister; they have to recreate the Portal Potion.

### פרק 23: עצה תועה

Red is having a better time than expected with her temporary sons, and when she tells them a bedtime story that is obviously her own tragic tale, the Lost Boys give her some startling outsider opinions and Red realises she must go and search for Froggy herself. She takes the boys with her through the Oz book and back to the Land of Stories, and makes her way to Morina.

### פרק 24: גבירת האגם

When Alex and Arthur gather an ingredient for the potion by the water of the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Lady\_of\_the\_Lake Lady of the Lake], they let slip that they know Merlin, and the Lady of the Lake traps them on her island in order to get back with Merlin, with whom she has a past. Mother Goose saves all of them. The potion takes two weeks to make, and Alex and Arthur use this time to get very well acquainted.

### פרק 25: המכשפה מפַּפְּלָנִיק

[./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Merry\_Men The Merry Men] aren't very helpful in finding the potion's ingredients, and Conner has to give Robin Hood a few romancing tips before he is able to woo [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Maid\_Marian Maid Marian] and provide a 'lock and key of a loved one'. Conner breaks into Nottingham Castle to seek out the resident [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Witch\_of\_Papplenick witch] for the 'spark of magic' that the potion needs, but she turns out to be a apothecary without actual magic. Conner's friends suggest that Conner does the magic himself, but he'd rather try and find someone else to do it instead.

### פרק 26: המרתף

Red and the Lost Boys find Morina's house and see Morina dump two coffins into the river before leaving by boat. Red and the boys sneak into the house. In the basement, they find 22 of the missing children, slowly being drained of their youth and life force. The other 2 missing children have already died. They also find Froggy, imprisoned inside a magic mirror. He says the mirror is irriversible and there is nothing they can do.

### פרק 27: האחיות גרים

Bree sneaks into the truck to Connecticut like Lady Iris advised, and finds the house of Cornelia Grimm. They turn out to be related, just as she suspected. Cornelia and the other women living in the house know about the Land of Stories, the Fairy Godmother and the Grande Armée. They call themselves the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Sisters\_Grimm Sisters Grimm] and monitor magic occurrences in their world. As it turns out, the Fairy Godmother was not the only one who was able to create portals to the Otherworld after all- portals used to open on their own for a few seconds in regular intervals each month. The Sisterhood charted when and where this happened and by the charts were able to predict the next occurences. They would travel there and guard the portal to prevent harm coming to anyone and to help people or creatures get back to the Land of Stories if they accidentally came through. The occurences stopped when Alex and Conner were born and the worlds started moving at the same speed. The Sisterhood predicts that the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_New\_York\_City\_Portal next portal] will open for a much longer time, in New York city, within the coming six months. When Bree calls Emmerich to tell him about all of this, she finds out Emmerich has been kidnapped.

### פרק 28: פרידה לא צפויה

As the two weeks are nearly over, Mother Goose announces that she wants to stay with Merlin. Alex had been secretely thinking about staying with Arthur too, but knows she has to get back. They say a tough goodbye. Conner has been unable to find someone else to do the magic for him, so he finally steps up and does it himself.

### פרק 29: ירח אחר, חצות לילה אחר

Morina comes to the witches at their monthly meeting and explains to them that there is a way to travel to the Otherworld, and that the witches could be very powerful there. Morina has kidnapped Emmerich, [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Little\_Bo\_Peep Little Bo Peep] and Lloyd's lost son, to prevent him from interfering with them. The [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Snow\_Queen Snow Queen] and the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Sea\_Witch Sea Witch] arrive and explain they have been planning to use Alex as a weapon in the Otherworld, and in order to do so, have put her under [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Enchantress\_Curse a curse] that has been causing her to lose control of her magic. Because Alex is so powerful, the curse has been fading, but they explain that the other witches could all join forces and strengthen the curse to make it work.

### פרק 30: עולם בסכנת הכחדה

Alex and Conner find each other again in the World of Oz and exchange stories. They find the storybook Red used to travel back and also use it, meeting up with everyone in the Land of Stories. Jack and Goldilocks tell them how Lloyd has started attacking the Land of Stories with his literary villains, attacking each kingdom at the same time. Still weakened from the attacks by the Grande Armée, the kingdoms' armies are losing. Pirates kidnapped [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/King\_Chandler\_Charming King Chandler] and [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Snow\_White Queen Snow White]. Lloyd has also freed his former accomplices from [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Pinocchio\_Prison Pinocchio Prison] again. Alex takes everyone back to the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Fairy\_Palace Fairy Palace] by magic, but the palace has been destroyed. The [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy\_Council Council] has been turned into stone. After seeing that the South Tower of the Palace is still standing, Conner has an idea. He suggests they'll use the [./https://thelandofstories.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Fairy\_Palace\_Portal portal] to travel to the Otherworld and recruit their own army to fight back, going into the stories *he* wrote.

## Reception

**Praise for the Land of Stories Series:**

*"It will hit big with its combination of earnestness and playful poise."* (The New York Times Book Review).

*"It's hard not to love [the book]...Colfer gets off many good lines [and] the nifty ending ties the plot's multiple strands up while leaving room for further fairy tale adventures."* (Publishers Weekly).

*"A magical debut."* (Family Circle).

*"Captivating."* (Teen Vogue).

*"In The Land of Stories, Colfer showcases his talent for crafting fancifully imaginative plots and multidimensional characters."* (Los Angeles Times).

*"There's more in Colfer's magic kingdoms than Disney has dreamt of."* (USA Today).

## Editions

Foreign language editions

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