43 pages 1 hour read

Adam Gidwitz

In A Glass Grimmly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

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Chapters 4-8

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Chapter 4 Summary: “The Giant Killer”

Jack and Jill climb the beanstalk into the clouds, where they find a land of giants. The giants offer a challenge of bravery for the children to become part of their band. The giants seem friendly, and wanting to be accepted and brave, Jack agrees even though they’ll kill him if he fails. The first challenge is boulder throwing. Jack can’t lift even one of the massive boulders and disappoints the giants. Before they kill him for failing, he convinces them to give him another chance. The giants are friendly again, and Jack is sure he’ll impress them. The second challenge is to break tree trunks, and Jack fails again.

The giants will kill Jack and eat him for dessert. At dinner, the giants challenge one another to an eating contest, which gives Jill an idea. She ties her blanket around herself and participates in the contest, pouring the food into her blanket so it looks like her stomach is getting big from the food. After all the giants throw up, they say Jill must have cheated. Jill challenges them to show off the food in their bellies and uses a knife to slice open her shirt so all the food pours out.

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