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1) Troll bridge
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"As a monster from his childhood sups upon a lifetime of Jack's fear and regret, Jack must find the courage within himself to face the fiend once and for all"-- Provided by publisher.
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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-part challenge ... or be banished from Hereville!
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Mirka Hirschberg, a strong-willed eleven-year-old Jewish girl, wants only to fight dragons but must first obtain a sword. She accepts a challenge from a mysterious witch that could bring her a dragon-slaying sword, but first she has to find and outwit the giant troll who's got it. Includes sketchbook designs for the troll.
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"Bera doesn't ask for much in life. She's a solitary, humble troll, tending her island pumpkin patch in cheerful isolation. She isn't looking for any trouble. But when trouble comes to find her, it comes in spades. A human baby has arrived in the realm of the trolls. Nobody knows where it came from, but Bera seems to be the only person who doesn't want it dead. There's nothing to do it but return the adorable little thing to its own world. Like it...
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"While on an expedition to illustrate the magical creatures of the mountains around her home, Hilda spots a mountain troll. As the blue-haired explorer sits and sketches, she slowly starts to nod off. By the time she wakes up, the troll has totally disappeared and, even worse, Hilda is lost in a snowstorm."--Amazon.com.
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"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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"Rockhurst is your average suburban town. It has everything you'd expect: happy families, fun shops...and magical creatures! In the hopes of learning more about the local cryptids, three friends, Jenny, Emiko, and Brian, start the Society of Creatures Real and Magical--S.C.R.A.M.! Their first order of business? To meet a troll! As they venture into the unknown, our heroes learn valuable lessons about friendship, perseverance, and the importance of...
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Sheltering in a mysterious mound in the earth, Twig quickly realises that trouble is afoot, and that his best blue-haired friend is in danger. Unfortunately, he's never really thought of himself as the brave one, but it looks like he's going to have to step up and save Hilda from a whole load of big, scaly trouble!
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"We rejoin our heroine for her latest adventure just as she awakes to find herself ... in the body of a troll! Her mother is worried sick, and is perplexed by the strange creature that seems to have taken Hilda's place. Now, both of them are in a race to be reunited before Ahlberg and his safety patrol get the chance to use their new secret weapon to lay waste to the trolls, and Hilda along with them!"--Provided by publisher.
13) The troll king
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". . . A series of linked stories about various woodland monsters; its first piece concerns a pair of fur-covered, bodybuilding creatures who are married in a dance ritual witnessed by a burning wicker figurine. ... [the] stories are vivid as a fever dream, very vaguely grounded in the real world (a few characters shop at a chain supermarket), but mostly sweaty, uncanny, and intuitive rather than logical: this is the kind of book whose most straightforward...