BDCHS Advanced Reading discussion

Horns and Wrinkles is a charming little book, written by Joseph Helgerson. It takes place near the Mississippi River, in a small little town that is obsessed with river magic. The main characters are Claire and Duke. Duke is Claire's older cousin. There are also trolls in this book, by the names of Jim Dandy Eel-tongue, Biz, or Squeak, Mossbotton, and Stump Fishfly. They are all river trolls. Bodacious Deepthink is the antagonist, and is a rock troll. The novel's story is about Claire's cousin Duke, who fell into the Mississippi river, and grew a horn where is nose should be. Claire then meets a old lady, whose name isn't said in the novel. The old lady says that the horn will stop growing only if Duke commits a act of kindness, which is a issue for Duke, as he likes to bully Claire. And Duke meets the three river trolls, Jim Dandy, Biz, and Stump, and Duke tell Claire the trolls mission, which is to find their fathers. To do this, they need screens, for mining gold or other minerals, a ukulele, and some shovels. The trolls needed to mine stars to please Bodacious Deepthink, so she would give them crickets, to tell them were there father is. They find the three stars, and head to Deepthinks cave, where Duke is now a rhino, and they trade the stars and Duke to Deepthink. However, Claire still wants to break her cousin out, so with the help of Stump, the old lady, and the old lady's brother, they go into Deepthinks cave, and set all of the otter rhino bullies free. The three trolls realize that their fathers aren't on earth anymore, but are now stars in the sky, thanks to the crickets. The theme of the novel is what comes around goes around, as the reason Duke became a rhino is because he bullied Claire, and throughout the novel, Dukes horn gets bigger when hes mean to Claire.
I really enjoyed Horns and Wrinkles. I bought the book a long time ago, but never bothered to read it. I learned from the novel that being a bully is never a good thing, as the meanness of a bully comes straight back at them. Also, I learned that I should never go around rivers, as a troll might get me. Overall, the book really connects to me, as all of us have been bullied before, and I can relate to Claire for wanting to save someone whose mean to her. Being the bigger person. Horns and Wrinkles gets a 5 stars out of 5 stars. Its charming, interesting, and it's a very personable book that i think anyone can enjoy. And I liked that there's a little map and a cast guide, to help better understand the book. And I really liked the little illustrations for every chapter, as it told what may happen in the chapter ahead. Its a older book, published in 2006, and it's a book that I would want to read again and again.

What a wonderful review. I really enjoyed reading what you had to say and how you connected to it. :)