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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
Description
A young Orthodox Jewish girl embarks on a fantastical adventure in this acclaimed graphic novel for preteens—"a terrific story, told with skill" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Spunky, strong-willed eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg isn't interested in knitting lessons from her stepmother, or how-to-find-a-husband advice from her sister, or you-better-not warnings from her brother. There's only one thing she does want:...
Spunky, strong-willed eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg isn't interested in knitting lessons from her stepmother, or how-to-find-a-husband advice from her sister, or you-better-not warnings from her brother. There's only one thing she does want:...
Author
Series
Hereville volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Mirka is back, and this time she takes on a misguided meteor who's been set in motion by the troll and turned into Mirka's twin by the witch. Doppelganger Mirka is out to best the real girl. Our heroine will have to beat her own other self in a three-park challenge ... or be banished from Hereville!
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia where they rule as king and queen and is a land filled with monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants. This friendship helps Jesse cope with a tragedy that makes him...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Cardan Greenbriar, High King of Elfhame, visits the mortal world to face the troll woman, Aslog of the West.
Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, Cardan was a faerie child with a heart of stone...and a wicked tongue. Born into a family overburdened with heirs, nourished on cat milk and contempt, perhaps it's no surprise he turned out the way he did. This is the story of Elfhame's enigmatic high king, Cardan-- and his visits the mortal...
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Series
Dragon Slayers' Academy volume 6
Language
English
Description
After the witch, Morgana le Fay, puts a curse on Sir Lancelot, three knights-in-training from the Dragon Slayers' Academy set out to save him.
46) The Boxtrolls
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray Disc [from the Blu-ray and DVD combo pack].
Language
English
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures known as the Boxtrolls lovingly raise an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But when town villain Archibald Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs ventures above ground where he meets and teams up with a fabulously feisty girl named Winnie who helps him devise a daring plan to save his family.
48) Illusions
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As her senior year of high school starts, Laurel is just beginning to adjust to Tamani's absence when he suddenly reappears, telling her he must guard her against the returning threat of the trolls that pose a danger both to her and to Avalon.
49) Trollhunters
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Everything changes for San Bernardino teenage suburbanite Jim Sturges 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.
50) Trolls
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What's that steady booming echoing through the mountains? It's the heavy footsteps of a troll. Humans should beware of these creatures' terrible, destructive powers. Have you ever wondered how trolls are born and grow up? What foods they prefer to feast on? What mischief fills their time? Wonder no more! Striking illustrations and matter-of-fact text take you on daring journey to learn all about trolls"--
51) The Tomten
Author
Language
English
Description
A picture book of winter scenes and of barnyard animals who heard many fascinating secrets from the troll who wandered through the farmhouse talking to them in their own special language, Tomten.
Author
Series
Dragon Slayers' Academy volume 18
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After a summer at Camp Dragononka, Wiglaf returns to school to find himself tormented by his energetic younger brother Dudwin and a troublesome troll with a sense of humor.
Author
Series
Tales of the Frog Princess volume 4
Language
English
Description
Emma and Eadric travel to Upper Montevista to ask his parents to bless their upcoming marriage and discover that Eadric's younger brother has been kidnapped by trolls.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the classic fable, how is Mr. Troll supposed to sleep when the three Billy Goats Fluff travel noisily over his bridge every day? The goats go to a field that makes their fleece extra fluffy for Mother Goat's knitting business. One day Mr. Troll loses his temper and threatens to eat the Fluffs. How will Mother Goat solve the problem and make a friend of Mr. Troll?
58) The Story Tree
Author
Series
Little legends volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Mayor Fitch has Tale Town on lockdown as he prepares for war with the trolls, for whose magic he will risk everything, but Red, Jack, and the other children are determined reveal the truth.
Author
Series
Hildafolk volume 5
Language
English
Description
"Hilda is hardly at home anymore, seeking days filled with excitement and her mother can't help but worry. In a moment of tension, the pair find themselves flung far away into a mysterious, dark forest-- the land of the trolls! Can they work together to escape the clutches of these sinister stone creatures? -- page 4 of cover.
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