Title: The Trolls
Author: Polly Horvath
Illustrator: None
Genre: Fiction Chapter Book
Subgenre: Realistic
Theme: Importance of family & Resentment
Characters: Melissa, Amanda, Pee Wee, Aunt Sally, Great Uncle Louis, Robbie, John, Edward, Lyla, Grandma Evelyn, Grandpa Willy
Awards: None
Date of Publication: 2001
Publication Company: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Summary: The kids (Melissa, Amanda, and Pee Wee) parents go on a trip to Paris for a week and their babysitter is sick, so they have to call Aunt Sally to come and stay with the kids. The kids come to find out all kinds of things about their family by the eccentric stories told by Aunt Sally. And in the stories told by Aunt Sally the kids learn the true meaning of family.
Use in Classroom: This book can be used in a literature circle or a book talk for 4th or 5th grade. This is a wonderful book when talking about the importance of family. All students can relate to having some eccentric family members.
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