Troll Teacher - Hardcover

Vande Velde, Vivian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823415031 ISBN 13: 9780823415038

Publisher: Holiday House, 2000

Synopsis

Elizabeth has to find a way to reveal the truth about her teacher, Miss Turtledove--who is a hungry troll--before Miss Turtledove's teaching techniques become even more hair-raising.

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Review:

"Elizabeth noticed right away that her new teacher was a troll." She may go by the lovely name of Miss Turtledove, and the parents and principal may think she's pretty and pleasant, but Miss Turtledove's skin is the color of pale spiders and her hairy knuckles scrape against the floor. Elizabeth and her classmates know they're in trouble when their teacher chows down on all the chalk, gnaws on the desks, and sends kids to the principal's office for looking too neat during recess and not putting the letter x in the word shoe. Something has to be done before Miss Turtledove finishes eating all her students' backpacks, and starts in on the students themselves!

Bug-eyed, panicked children are in hilarious contrast to the oblivious adults in this over-the-top tale of scary teachers and thwarted intergenerational communication. Vivian Vande Velde and Mary Jane Auch capture the frustration of being too small to be heard, and too smart to ignore what's right in front of your very eyes, in a wonderfully witty book that will speak straight to the hearts of young readers everywhere. (Ages 5 to 9)--Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Vivian Vande Velde (born 1951, New York City, New York) is an American author who writes books primarily aimed at young adults. She currently resides in Rochester, New York.

Her novels and short story collections usually have some element of horror or fantasy, but are primarily humorous. Her book Never Trust a Dead Man (1999) received the 2000 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel. She resides in Rochester, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0823415031
• ISBN 13: 9780823415038
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Auch Mary Jane