What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. YA/ MG Fantasy about girl who finds a colony of goblins and tries to save them from being destroyed by developers. Cover: girl walking through a large group of goblins. Read in early 1990s, but seemed older. [s]
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Read this in elementary school (early 90’s) and seemed from the 80’s or 70’s. Wasn’t very big, maybe 500 pages. I thought it was “Goldwin and the goblins” but that doesn’t seem to be right.
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I haven’t found it yet! I remember it being called Goldwyn and the Goblins but never find anything like that….
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Can you describe their homes (e.g., underground tunnels in forest)?
Do you recall the cover image?
The cover image had a rear view of a girl walking through a break in heavy brush with goblins on either side of her. That’s all I remember, I was probably 8-10 when I read it (25+ years ago).
Are you Canadian? Could it be "The Secret World of Og"? Pierre Berton
(Cover shown on Goodreads is very dissimilar to the one I remember from school AND the copy I have now.)
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Wikipedia's plot summary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sec...
Google Books has a snippet preview. You might be lucky searching for keywords:
https://books.google.com/books?id=aEP...
I don’t think so. There was only one girl and she didn’t go through a trapdoor that I remember. I’m from the US.
There are several books in the "Pixie Tricks" series with sprites, goblins, dwarves, etc. https://www.goodreads.com/series/7104...Doesn't sound exactly like your book, but they had lots of different covers.
Sounds a bit like Mistress Mash Masham''s Repose by T.H. White.
Could they possibly have been "boggarts" instead of goblins?What time period/location did the story take place?
It looks like JoLynn and Rainbowheart have you covered, but it just occurred to me that there's an outside chance you're remembering The Princess and the Goblin. I don't think it is, since there are no property developers, but there's definitely a lot of (unfriendly) goblins underground and one girl. Outside chance, but worth a shot.
It's a bit of a reach, but possibly The Gnome Mobile?
All these are great suggestions! So far none have hit the mark though. It is entirely possible my adolescent brain made up the details and I am off base but it was such a clear memory!
We can do this!Who was Goldwyn? Was the protagonist's last name Goldwyn / Goldwin?
(Could it have been Bronwyn or Bronwen? Or Golda or Goldie?)
Are you at least mostly sure that the creatures were called GOBLINS, or could they have had another title? (I think it was Kris's post that listed possible alternative names).
Can you remember any specific scene or conversation? Or any other detail? It can be obscure and disconnected - just gives an additional search term.
Do you remember how it ends? (Spoilers are fine to list if they help!).
Do you remember where it was set?
What colour were the (goblins)? Bald or hairy? Clothed or naked? Hats?
Could they speak English? How did the main character find them?
How does she save them, assuming it has a happy end? Are they almost dug out with a digger and saved at the last moment? Does anyone else become aware of their existence? Can only the Main Character see them?
What do they eat? Are they all one gender/genderless? Or do they have families? Pets? Other than humans, do they face predation by other creatures? (like cats, maybe)?
Whatever else you can remember, however vague or disjointed, might jog someone else's memory! :)
Sarah - did Ayshe find your book? :) Looks promising!!!
Not very likely, but could it be The Goblin Wood or one of the sequels, by Hilari Bell? Main character is named Makenna, and she befriends a group of goblins, but there's no construction.
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OMG YES!!!!! I cannot believe it!
I take it you found your book? Which one is it?
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