The Nixie's Song: Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
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| Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixies Song | |
| Author | Holly Black |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Tony DiTerlizzi |
| Cover artist | Tony DiTerlizzi |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young Adult Fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication date | September 18, 2007 |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 0-7435-6915-6 |
| Preceded by | None |
| Followed by | Beyond Spiderwick #2 - A Giant Problem |
The Nixie's Song is part of a new book series expanding on the world introduced in The Spiderwick Chronicles.
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 only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow.
But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem - the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety - and it's up to Nick; his stepsister, Laurie; and his big brother, Julian (plus a familiar face from the original Spiderwick Chronicles, Jared) to figure out the best way to stop a host of rampaging giants before all of Florida goes up in smoke.
[edit] Main Characters
(Not including Nicholas's father, Charlene, or any other "sub-characters".)
- Nicholas Vargas Nicholas Vargas: 11 years old; chubby Mother Dead Father Developer of Mangrove Hollow Older Brother Julian “Jules” Vargas Surfs Track Girlfriend Cindy Stepmother Charlene Stepsister Laurie Vargas Blond hair Clarinet Owns “Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You”
Giant: Wakes up every 500 years Able to be transfixed by a nixie's song so they don't breath fire
The Sight: Obtained: By being the seventh son of a seventh son Red hair Spitting in your eye? Finding a four leaf clover Nick found one
Nixie: Taloa Six missing sisters Laura and Nick found three charred nixie bodies
Noseeum Jack Lives on Swamp Road Jared, Laurie, and Nick visited his house. A diagram requiringt a rope to be tied around the giant's foot and head that was taken from the giant expert's house ended up strangling the giant when it was used. Noseeum Jack knew the kids took his papers from his house. He kills the giant by sticking a machete into the giant's eye. Nooseeum Jack is the son of the giant expert who was writing to Arthur Spiderwick
The authors of the field guide published it and are touring.
- Laurie Vargas
- Taloa the Nixie
- The Giant
- Holly Black
- Tony DiTerlizzi
- Jared Grace/Fennelly*
- Noseeum Jack
- Jared Grace-(Fennelly)
revealed on page 145 that his actual surname is Fennelly, not Grace. This is from the cause of his mother telling the authors of the Spiderwick Chronicles to change their surname. It is also stated that Fennelly is still not his real surname for the same reasons.
[edit] Species of Faerie Listed in the Book
- Giant
- Manticore (the 'cougarlike creature that had a barbed tail' seen by Nick in chapter seven)
- Cockatrice (the rooster-like reptilian creature that will turn you to stone with a glance)
- Nixie
