The Trolls
by:
Polly Horvath (author)
Laugh-out-loud stories within a storyAunt Sally is beyond any of Melissa, Amanda, and Pee Wee's expectations. She has come all the way from Vancouver Island, Canada, to take care of the children while their parents are away, and right from the start Aunt Sally enchants them with tales of her...
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Laugh-out-loud stories within a storyAunt Sally is beyond any of Melissa, Amanda, and Pee Wee's expectations. She has come all the way from Vancouver Island, Canada, to take care of the children while their parents are away, and right from the start Aunt Sally enchants them with tales of her childhood with their father. Odd characters figure largely in the stories, like Maud, a hunter rumored to have killed eighty cougars; Great-uncle Louis, a health nut who insists everyone should gnaw on sticks for extra fiber; and Fat Little Mean Girl, the star of a cautionary tale involving witchcraft and candy. All of Aunt Sally's reminiscences lead up to a crucial story about trolls, sinister creatures who supposedly lurked along the shore at night. The trolls had the power to change Aunt Sally's life forever, and their legacy may change the lives of the three present-day children as well.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374479916 (0374479917)
Publish date: April 9th 2001
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
This was my favorite from the Horvath binge (my dad preferred Canning Season). Horvath seems to enjoy the Mary Poppins trope, but she does it very differently. Instead of resolving everything, we just get to find out in a roundabout way why the kids' dad doesn't really like this boisterous, storytel...