Trolls Don't Ride Roller Coasters

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #35

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Marcia Thornton Jones, John Steven Gurney (Illustrations)

The hugely popular early chapter book series re-emerges with a new look! Brand-new eye-catching cover art brings a modern feel to this classic monster series for young readers.

It's springtime and the carnival is making its annual visit to Bailey City. Amidst the people working at the fair is a strange, stout woman with crazy red hair. The more the kids learn about this woman -- she hates loud noises, says trolls are her friends, can't stand the sun, and is always around when rides stop working -- the more certain they are that this woman is an evil troll who is there to ruin their carnival. Can the kids trick this troll into doing a good deed, thereby transforming her into a good troll, before she ruins everything?

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Chapter Books, Mystery, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Contemporary

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

About the author

Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.

Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,

Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know why I loved this one so much, but I did.

[paige turner ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was great.

I loved the idea of an angry troll trying to ruin all the fun. At first I was like, why is it even there if it hates all that noise. Any type of amusement park is probably one of the loudest things in the world.
But then when they were reading the little legends that came with the trolls it kind of made sense. The trolls with the jewels are the ones that love everything, and the ones without want to ruin everything.

Doing the good deed will earn you a jewel in your belly button, and it's a good thing that the troll, being all angry and mean and everything, seemed to like Eddie.

And Eddie won.

So was she really a troll?

I'm going to say yes.

[Victoria Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny

[BookeryBliss · Rating 5 out of 5]

The collection of "The adventures of the Bailey School Kids" stories are among my all-time favorite children's books. Witty, mischievous and fun, these short and silly books continue to bring giggles to the young and old. Just as I have enjoyed them as a kid, my own children also love them today. I even catch myself re-reading them (alone) from time to time. What can I say? I guess I'll always be a BSK kid at heart.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Bailey School Kids is a best-selling children's book series by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey. Its main characters are a group of four children (Eddie, Howie, Liza, Melody) who suspect some persons in the stories are popular folk lore or fairy tale characters. They are appealing because they mix a familiar story in with this group of kids. Mid-grammar school

[Jerome Otte · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kids are checking out a new roller coaster that is now famous all over the city. The operator is suspected of being a troll, mainly since he appears to live under a bridge in the park and due to his appearance. He also hates the sun and loud noises (meaning he takes an instant dislike to Eddie). And many of the rides keep breaking down for inexplicable reasons.

Interesting and humorous.

[Molly]

A silly series that creates more questions than it answers. It's great for formulating theories as well as predictions. The class dynamics should be very familiar to those of the Magic School Bus generation.

[Sam - Spines in a Line · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another favourite series of mine as a kid. Even then though they can be quite repetitive. Each book has some kind of 'monster' that the kids must investigate. A little bit of mystery makes for an entertaining book.

[Hair Jordan]

this book is also good because this first ive ever read. it s funny because usally its not what they think it is but insread it is actuall a troll. haha!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was about a roller coaster named the monster, the fastest coaster ever!

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these all in while I was in middle school and loved them, giving them a 3.5-4.0 for my past 12 year old self.

[Kaitlyn Chachko]

I remember buying this at the Scholastic Book Fair in elementary school. Love the Bailey School Kids!

[Seth · Rating 2 out of 5]

They went to a carnival. There was a new roller coaster there. Liza was scared of it. Liza just wanted the carousel. Eddie hates carousels.

[Erin Fowler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do trolls really work at the carnival? Would they work to sabotage all the fun rides? You'll find out when you read this story.

[Lillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is funny and kinda weird at the same time.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

great when ur little

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was pretty funny but the troll pictures of the trolls are kind of creepy.