The Troll King

by John Vornholt

Book Overview

The trolls of Bonespittle have a rep for meanness, but the truth is they are merely poor serfs. Once great warriors, they were enslaved by a power-hungry king and told terrible stories about the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743424123
• ISBN13: 9780743424127
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

The Troll King.

I liked this book because it had mystical creatures like trolls, ogres, gnomes, fairys, elves,giant toads, and wizards. The Troll King is very adventurous and a real cool book. This book is about a troll called Rollo who is 14 and is really bulked up. Rollo goes on many different adventures. It all started when Rollo and Crawfleece(sister)goes to skim the hole(round body of water in middle of the forest). Rollo falls in and gets caught by ogres. He escapes, but now they are looking for him. He also learns to fly and use magic. Rollo meets a fairy called Clipper. I don't want to tell the rest of the story so read The Troll King. I recommend this book to my family and friends bacause if you like adventures and fantasy books then you will love The Troll King.

A charming fantasy for young readers and adults too!

An easy to read fantasy(the book is for young readers!) with an entertaining story and a likeable hero. My 8 year old daughter is interested in doing something other than playing a computer game or watching tv for a change! She wants to hear what's going to happen with Rollo! And as for me, and `old'fantasy fan- I loved the book too!

Avid Reader and Mother of Three

I enjoyed the book. The characters were interesting and not typical. The hero may have made the right choices in the end but getting there he was at best reluctant. It's a great read for kids starting out in chapter books and want more than the usual fare.

The Troll King

I have not personally read the book, however; my 12 year old son did. He has always been a slow reader, never really being up to grade level. He still insisted that I read to him at bedtime instead of reading to himself. We read other fantasy books together, but not until this one did he read any of them totally by himself. He picked it up at the beginning of spring break and I don't think I saw him do anything else but read this book. He would come in every night and tell me what had happened that day. I recommend this book to those who have kids that are interested in fantasy. It got my boy interested enough to break through a barrier in his reading skills, and just for that I kneel down in awe of Mr. Vornholt.

A wonderful book for children and adults alike

This is a splendid, hilarious, and fast-moving story, one that takes all you think you might have known about trolls and sets it right on it's ear. It is a tale of Rollo, a rather unprepossessing troll living in the town of Bonespittal in the Dismal Swamp, who along with many other trolls is pressganged by the ogres and gnomes, under the command of the evil sorcerer Stygius Rex, into building a bridge (trolls know a lot about bridges, you see) across the great chasm to the Bonny Woods where all those horrible elves and fairys and sprites and other such dreadful beings dwell. I'll not say any more, for I do not wish to spoil the delightful surprises that lie waiting for you within this tale. All I will say is, get it now. You'll love it. This is a five-star book, and I would give it more, but the system only allows five altogether. ~ Dennis L. McKiernan (Author of _Once Upon a Winter's Night_)