Trolls United!
By Alan MacDonald and Mark Beech
4/5
()
About this ebook
Alan MacDonald
Alan MacDonald has written over 150 books, including the Devil's Trade and Axel Feinstein series for Scholastic, along with titles in the Dead Famous, Pickle Hill Primary and Double Take series. He is also a regular writer for the Oxford Reading Tree and has had picture books published by Little Tiger Press. Alan MacDonald started his working life in a travelling theatre company. In addition to writing and directing plays, Alan trained as a drama teacher. He has written stories and dramas for the BBC (both television and radio), as well as many children's books. Alan lives in Nottingham.
Read more from Alan Mac Donald
Trolls on Vacation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrolls on Hols Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCurse of the Evil Custard Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Trolls Go Home! Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Custardly Wart: Pirate (third class) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Superhero School: The Revenge of the Green Meanie Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ditherus Wart: (Accidental) Gladiator Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoat Pie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThunderbot's Day of Doom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHonesty Wart: Witch Hunter! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSir Bigwart: Knight of the Wonky Table Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlien Attack! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Trolls United!
Related ebooks
Goat Pie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man in the Mist: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blindman's Buff: A Tommy & Tuppence Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers: Volume 4 (Light Novel) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hide! The Tiger’s Mouth is Open Wide! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Crooked Sixpence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCloud Trouble Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Tor Finds Tat and Grandad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVillainous Vic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCatch That Bat! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man In the Mist: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Forbidden Mistress Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sabotage in the Secret City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFuture Ratboy and the Quest for the Missing Thingy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Key Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In the Teeth of the Evidence: And Other Mysteries Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alfie Cat In Trouble Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Real Reason Trolls are so Grumpy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventures of Splot, the Floating Pink Blob: Part 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNurple The Purple Imp Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChristmas: A Carol Betwixt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYollop Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpace Crime Conspiracy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Executioner's Curse: The Lailoyan Alchemist, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsZihaen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Other Shoes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTom and Maggie Tulliver Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHand in Glove Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Children's Fantasy & Magic For You
Into the Wild: Warriors #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hobbit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret Garden: The 100th Anniversary Edition with Tasha Tudor Art and Bonus Materials Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coraline Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Howl's Moving Castle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School for Good and Evil: Now a Netflix Originals Movie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Chocolate Touch Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5House of Many Ways Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legacy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Neverseen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Phantom Tollbooth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fortunately, the Milk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Castle in the Air Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alice In Wonderland: The Original 1865 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Lewis Carroll Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Silver Chair: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bridge to Terabithia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Keeper of the Lost Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amari and the Night Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lodestar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Three Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exile Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Grimm's Fairy Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nightfall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Prince Caspian: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Thief Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Graveyard Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Trolls United!
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Trolls United! - Alan MacDonald
Trolls United!
by Alan MacDonald
illustrations by Mark Beech
To the children of West Bridgford Junior School – A.M.
To my mum, Catherine – M.B.
PRIDDLES: Roger, Jackie and Warren
Description: ‘Pasty-faced peeples’
Likes: Peace and quiet
Dislikes: Trolls
Contents
Grump
Robbers
Foul!
Scrawly Stuff
Two Times Troll
Size Tens
Goats
Temper, Temper
Trial
The Big Match
Job for a Troll
Footnote
Also by the Author
Grump
Thump, Thump, Thump! The sound of Ulrik kicking his new football against the wall echoed through the house.
‘Look, Dad! Watch this!’ he cried. The ball crashed against the wall, bounced on to the table and landed neatly in Mr Troll’s bowl, spraying him with milk and Coco Pops.
‘Ulrik!’ roared Mr Troll. ‘Stop doing that!’
‘Sorry, Dad. It was an accident. I’ve got to practise my shooting.’
‘Practise it somewhere else then.’
‘Oh Egbert, don’t be such a grump! Let him play!’ tutted Mrs Troll. For the past few weeks her husband hadn’t been himself at all. He did nothing but sit around the house all day watching television. Yesterday she’d found him with his nose pressed to the screen talking to people on a chat show called Richard and Judy.
She sat down at the table and emptied out a sock full of coins, stacking them into neat piles. Ulrik came to look over her shoulder.
‘What are you doing, Mum?’ he asked.
‘Counting our peas¹,’ said Mrs Troll. ‘I’ve got to go shopping today.’
‘Are we rich?’ asked Ulrik.
‘I’m afraid not, my ugglesome. Everything costs a pile of peas. That’s why I have to go out to work in the mornings.’
‘Humph! Call that work?’ grunted Mr Troll. ‘Delivering newspapers!’
‘It’s a good thing someone round here does some work,’ replied Mrs Troll frostily. ‘If it was left to you, we’d all be living on Coco Pops.’
‘I like Coco Pops,’ said Ulrik. ‘But there’s never any left. Dad eats them all.’
‘I do not!’ protested Mr Troll. He shook the packet only to find it was empty.
‘Anyway,’ he said, changing the subject, ‘you’re not the only one who can get a job.’
Mrs Troll stared at him. Ulrik stopped playing with the coins on the table.
‘You got a job, Dad? Uggsome! What kind of job?’ he asked.
‘As a matter of fact, it’s in a shop,’ said Mr Troll proudly.
‘Eggy! But that’s wonderful!’ exclaimed Mrs Troll. ‘Why didn’t you tell me before?’
‘Well, I haven’t got it yet.’
‘You just said you had!’
‘No, I didn’t,’ said Mr Troll. ‘The interview’s this afternoon. But once they meet me, they’ll probably want to make me big boss of the whole shop.’
Ulrik and his mother exchanged looks. In the last month the Job Centre had sent Mr Troll for half a dozen interviews, but not one of them had been successful. Somehow he always returned home in a foul temper and refused to discuss what had happened.
‘What kind of shop is it, Dad?’ asked Ulrik. ‘Do they sell feetball boots?’
‘They sell everything,’ said Mr Troll. ‘It’s that hulksome great shop in town.’
‘Bagley’s?’ said Mrs Troll. ‘Good goblins! You’d better change that vest.’
‘What’s wrong with my vest?’ asked Mr Troll, inspecting the greasy stains on it.
‘At least lick off the beans,’ said Mrs Troll. ‘And when you get to the interview don’t go roaring – you know how it frights peeples. Just speak slowly and softly.’
‘Slowly and softly,’ repeated Mr Troll.
‘And be confident.’
Mr Troll nodded and scratched his enormous bottom in a confident manner.
Mrs Troll glanced at the clock on the wall.
‘Well, I must get to the shops or there won’t be any supper tonight. Are you ready for school, my hairling?’ she asked Ulrik.
‘Yes, Mum,’ said Ulrik.
‘Let me see your fangs.’
Ulrik bared the two small fangs on either side of his mouth.
‘You haven’t been cleaning them again?’ asked Mr Troll.
‘No, Dad.’
‘Or going in that shower?’
‘No, Dad.’
Ulrik tried to squirm away as his dad lifted his arms to sniff underneath. Only last week he’d caught Ulrik in the shower, dabbing himself with a bar of soap.