Trollhunters

By Daniel Kraus and Guillermo del Toro

Book Overview

The book that inspired the Netflix original series Trollhunters, from Dreamworks Animation. "You are food. Those muscles you flex to walk, lift, and talk? They're patties of meat topped with chewy tendon. That skin you've paid so much attention to in mirrors? It's delicious to the right tongues, a casserole of succulent tissue. And those bones that give you the strength to make your way in the world? They rattle between teeth as the marrow is sucked down slobbering throats. These facts are unpleasant but useful. There are things out there, you see, that don't cower in holes to be captured by us and cooked over our fires. These things have their own ways of trapping their kills, their own fires, their own appetites." Jim Sturges is your typical teen in suburban San Bernardino-one with an embarrassingly overprotective dad, a best friend named "Tubby" who shares his hatred of all things torturous (like gym class), and a crush on a girl who doesn't know he exists. But everything changes for Jim when a 45-year old mystery resurfaces, threatening the lives of everyone in his seemingly sleepy town. Soon Jim has to team up with a band of unlikely (and some un-human) heroes to battle the monsters he never knew existed. From the minds of Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus comes a new illustrated novel about the fears that move in unseen places.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1368012183
• ISBN13: 9781368012188
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

This familiar yet bizarre world houses crowds of relatable, believable characters, and a non-stop pl

"Trollhunters" is a creative, inventive novel which proves fantasy can be admirably executed in standalone books. The idea behind the story seems ridiculous at first blush and from another author, it might have become just another volume to toss on the pile of forgettable literature. This book, however, managed to capture my attention with every page--so watch out, because this novel could lead to a sleepless night or two...