it all starts when jared grace finds their great uncles book arthur spiderwicks field guide to the fantastic world around you and the grace kids realize that they are not alone in their new house now the kids want to tell their story but the faeries will do everything they can to stop them in this tour de force of psychological unease now a major motion picture starring charlotte gainsbourg and sinead cusack mcewan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting or denying possesses the suspense and chilling impact of lord of the flies washington post book world