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Summary: The Trolls by: Polly Horvath
Review: Because their parents have gone to Paris for a week and their usual sitter is not feeling well,Melissa,Amanda,and Pee Wee are being taken care of by their father's sister from Canada.It turns
out that Aunt Sally is full of fascinating stories all about her and their father growing up on Vancouver Island PeeWee,Amanda, and Melissa are kept in thrall by the eccentric characters Aunt Sallybrings to life, particularly the trolls, who changed Aunt Sally's family forever. . .Hi my name is Cheyenne. When I read this book I thought it was very funny and full of stories. Aunt Sally is a very funny character,the fiddleheads are the funniest part of this book. Great-Uncle Louis is the funniest out of the whole book. I think you should read this book.
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Summary: Funny, sad, bittersweet book
Review: Estranged Aunt Sally comes to babysit for Amanda, Melissa and Pee-Wee while their parents are in Paris, and then relates their hilarious, sometimes sad family history. A funny, bittersweet book about family and the good things, funny things, and sad things that can often happen. Horvath doesn't pull any punches when it comes to such topics as death or family feuds, and while not all the stories work, some transcend into something warm and wonderful. If you only read one story in this book, make sure it's the one about Fat Little Mean Girl -- her name alone makes the story worth reading!
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Summary: Not happy
Review: I bought this book for my grandchildren, but decided to read it first. There are many good things in this book, and it has a good moral to the story, but I am not sure that all will understand the moral, (teaching the two older children to appreciate their younger brother). And the discordance between the children's father and Aunt Sally is sad, and never resolved, even though the parents did ask Aunt Sally to babysit so they could go on vacation. The worst thing about this book is Chapter 11 "Fat Little Mean Girl". The name really turned me off the whole book. To use the word 'fat' to describe a mean little girl encourages the readers to believe that fat is synonymous with mean. It is difficult enough for an overweight child in this world. To name a character this, and use it as a name through the complete chapter is cruel. I'm going to try and return the book and will let the store know why I am returning it. I was extremely disappointed that an adult would use a name like this in a book, and am extremely disappointed that the book was a finalist for the National Book Award and as a "Boston Globe-Horn Award Honor Book". There are adults out there who weren't paying attention, or who don't think there's anything wrong with prejudice against fat people...and passing that prejudice along to children.
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Summary: Trolls You have to read it
Review: I'm an adult who was a huge Mary Poppins (the original books) as a kid. I really thought this would be some dumbed-down, silly, politically correct, mindless pap story for children, but I gave it a try since I received the tape as a gift. WHOA! What a superb surprise and a gift indeed. Horvath's opus is thought-provoking, haunting, deep, funny as heck, and colorful as a smashed fingerpaint factory. Julie Hagerty deserves an Audie Award for her performance. I'm an audiobook expert--a crabby critic who chews up audios and spits them on on nearly a daily basis--and, believe me, almost nobody has this kind of narrative flair and commitment. Plus, this is the kind of book that respects children's intelligence, imagination and intuition. Highly recommended for kids whose parents aren't fearful of allowing them to, duh, THINK or, OOH SCARY, read Grimm's. If you're the sort of adult who revels in excellent children's literature, don't cheat yourself of this audio experience either. You'll have that bright and shiny-eyed wonder going again. And you'll never look at Canada the same!
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Summary: The Trolls- you have to read it
Review: The Trolls, Polly Horvath, ISBN- 0-374-37787-1 Here's what The Trolls is about Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were going to go to go on a trip, but a week before they were going to leave their babysitter called and said she was sick. So Mr. and Mrs. Anderson need to find a babysitter, for their trip( their going to be gone for a week). So the Anderson's remember that Aunt Sally is in town, so they get her to babysit Amanda, Melissa, and Frank. When the parents leave Aunt Sally tells them stories, one story was about a lady who shot 8 cougars, and many more stories about her childhood. This book is Fiction/fantasy. I like the book because the stories are really funny, and the kids say a lot of funny things! I do recommend the book because it's stories that are in your wildest dreams and because you can relate to the story. Kids 9-14 would like this book and people who like fantasy. Every chapter ended with a cliff hanger because they would be in the middle of a story then the chapter would end so you would have to read it. The thing that surprised me was that all the stories are true, from Aunt Sally's childhood. Well to find out what happens who have to read the story!
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Summary: The Trolls- you have to read it
Review: The Trolls, Polly Horvath, ISBN- 0-374-37787-1 Here's what The Trolls is about Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were going to go to go on a trip, but a week before they were going to leave their babysitter called and said she was sick. So Mr. and Mrs. Anderson need to find a babysitter, for their trip( their going to be gone for a week). So the Anderson's remember that Aunt Sally is in town, so they get her to babysit Amanda, Melissa, and Frank. When the parents leave Aunt Sally tells them stories, one story was about a lady who shot 8 cougars, and many more stories about her childhood. This book is Fiction/fantasy. I like the book because the stories are really funny, and the kids say a lot of funny things! I do recommend the book because it's stories that are in your wildest dreams and because you can relate to the story. Kids 9-14 would like this book and people who like fantasy. Every chapter ended with a cliff hanger because they would be in the middle of a story then the chapter would end so you would have to read it. The thing that surprised me was that all the stories are true, from Aunt Sally's childhood. Well to find out what happens who have to read the story!
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Summary: The Trolls
Review: The Trolls
Middleburgh, NY student The novel that I just completed was The Trolls by Polly Harvath. Its copyright date is 1999. This book is fantasy and it has 136 pages.
This book takes place in Tenderly, Ohio. More specifically, it takes place in the Anderson house. (In the house the rooms that the characters are in, are the dining room and upstairs in the children's rooms.) When the characters are upstairs, Aunt Sally is normally in between the children's beds on a rocking chair telling them a story. The children are normally in their beds.
In this book, the parents want to take a vacation to Paris. They call Aunt Sally to come and watch the children. So when she comes she is carrying a book. The book has pictures in it. Every night Aunt Sally tells the children a story and shows them a picture to go along with the story.
I think this book was odd but I liked it. When I said it was odd I mean odd because of what happens in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read fantasy because if you like historical fiction or any other genre you won't like this book. You won't like it because it isn't like any other genre. I would also recommend this book to anyone who is between the ages of eleven and fourteen because it is easy reading. This was a good book. I liked the book because I liked the events that happened in this book. The events were interesting. Since the book and its events were interesting it pulled you into the book.
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