A Troll Under the Bridge

by D.S. Arnauld

It is true that every bridge has a troll living under it. One day a ten year old girl finds a troll under a bridge leading to the playground. She convinces the troll to take her to his world, so she can see magic. Fearless and wild, the girl turns out to be more of a handful than the troll had imagined. An unlikely story of friendship, courage and hope.

98 pages, Paperback

First published August 8, 2011

About the author

D.S. Arnauld is known for creativity. The worlds he imagines are populated with lovable but flawed characters and their adventures are always larger than life. Like most authors, Arnauld truly loves books. He credits reading The Chronicles of Narnia in school as the book that kickstarted his own love of world-building.

D.S. Arnald visits schools and libraries conducting writing workshops. When he isn't working on the next story, he paints and raises money for wildlife conservation.

You can follow him on social media where he shares the process of making art.

Reviews

[Diane Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started reading this a couple of chapters at a time to my five-year old niece. I have to confess that I was so involved in the story that I just read it to the end by myself. This is a great adventure story that I would recommend to early primary graders. It also has some great humor for adults (such as fairies are more vicious than ogres--after watching True Blood I can certainly believe that). I was really engaged by the two main characters', an troll and a human female orphan girl, friendship. I hope the author is planning a sequel with their further adventures.

I received this book as a surprise add-on to a Goodreads win of the author's book, The Dinosaur in My Backyard, but this has in no way impacted my review. I'm just happy to get to read a great book that I would never have found on my own.

[Bridget · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received this book through the Goodreads Firstreads program in exchange for my honest review.
The idea behind this book was really cute and clever but it never really got me that interested. It wandered from thing to thing in a random chain of events that didn't really draw you through the story. With a little more character development and history as to why things were happening this could have been a great book. It was just ok and it could have been great.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved everything about this book! It's perfect reading for children, so imaginative and interesting. You can really get behind the characters. And, a positive message about tolerance. But, beware, it's not all flowers and rainbows.

[Melia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story

[Yaritza · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it!! It was such a fun book about trolls and a human child. She was so brave and gave all trolls strength to fight back for there life. Such a great book for young children to read.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute story about the most unlikely of friendships!