Maggie and James are good friends so when Maggie finds a trapdoor, she shows him.  They decide to see where it leads.

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When they follow the staircase down, they meet two children there and their adventures begin.  

They learn there is another world beneath theirs.  They go with the children they met and find that they have good food and tasty drinks.  There's also a danger there.  They could get captured and be given to the ogres as slaves.  They manage to stay safe but one of their new friends gets captured.  

They agree to help get the ones stolen back.  Maggie finds she can talk to animals.  The help them get where they need to go.

It's dangerous but they don't run.  They use the skills they have to try to rescue them.  Will they be successful?

Maggie and James meet at the end of the school day and walk home.  On the way, Maggie falls spots a trapdoor in the ground in the green — a big patch of green in the village.    When Maggie and James decide to open the trapdoor, they see a dim light and decide to go down the steps to investigate.  They find two kids their age and   their names and a whole new world underground.  Quinn and Vitaagree to meet with Maggie and James the next day at the same time.  When they go to see Quinn and Vita, they find out that Vita and her friend Archer has disappear due to being stolen by the Snatcher.  Quinn asks Maggie and James to help him find Vita .He takes them and sells them into slavery.  Vita and Archer are in the land of the Grimms and sold to ogres.  While working for the ogres, they make plans to escape.  Do they escape?  Archer and Vita finds them in the hands of an alpaca whose name is Vince.  He is going to take them to his Queen so she can decide what to do with them.  However the three of them are captured by the Wild Bandits.  What will happen to them.  Meanwhile Maggie, Quinn and James meet a pair of eagles who offer them a ride to Turtle Bay.  This is the closest portal to take in hopes of find Vita and Archer.  Will they find Archer and Vita?  Will Maggie and James’s get home?

The first book of a series is charming, fun to read and full of magic!  I enjoyed the spunk and goodness of the characters in this novel.  The novel is fast paced with several twists and turns.  There is never a dull moment.  I can’t wait to read the next book of this series.