Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Horns & Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson


A fun, quirky, if not a little creepy tale of bullies, trolls, and magic. Claire and her bully cousin Duke live by a section of the Mississippi that is enchanted, though no one will talk about it or acknowledge that weird things happen there. When Duke falls in one day, he comes out with a rhino like horn where his nose was. So insues an odd, twisted, adventure as Claire tries to save her cousin from the midst of a troll war, and restablish his human nose.

With a similar vibe to A Series of Unfortunate Events, Horns & Wrinkles, spins a classic parable of bullying and selflessness, and knowing right from wrong. A cute story good for 3rd-5th graders or even younger if parents read to their kids.

-Jenny

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