Shimmer: Troll's Tale 1: The Beginning of a Troll's Tale

by Kathryn Deans

When the Shimmer, a part of the stone of creation, is stolen from his village, Grieve knows there's only one set of creatures insane enough to try and use it – the fairies. As vicious as the rear-end of a wasp and completely power-mad, fairies have only one ambition – take over the Worlds, and look glorious while doing it.

Colin is just a normal boy, leading a pretty normal life – until now. When Grieve appears in his bedroom asking for his help, everything Colin thought he believed in is turned upside down. Now he is on a madcap adventure, accompanied by Pod, a talking possum; Derry, the tracker gnome; and Friendly, Grieve's trouble-prone brother, with only one thought in his mind: forget everything you thought you knew about fairy tales...

Genres: Young Adult

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this new take on familiar fairy tale characters. Trolls and gnomes are the good guys and fairies are evil little tikes. The humour in this book was fun - a bit like the Discworld stories Terry Pratchett. I enjoyed the story, but disliked the ending, which was kind of "to be continued in book 2".

[L.J. Clarkson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. Very fun and witty. Bluebelle was by far my fave character. Loved the fairies flying speed-hilarious!

[Paulette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this one, a light easy read. Cant wait to start the next in the series.