The trolls Book

This book makes you laugh and laugh and laugh, and then suddenly it's not funny anymore.

The Andersons are on the verge of a week's vacation in Paris when their usual babysitter calls in sick. Frantic, they call on the only person who's free'Aunt Sally from Canada. The Anderson children'Melissa, Amanda and Pee Wee'have never met Aunt Sally before. They've never even heard of her.

Aunt Sally doesn't do things the usual way. She tells them stories'stories about their family that they've never heard before, stories so outrageous that it's hard to believe that they're true. She makes them WANT to eat green beans. In short, Aunt Sally is wonderful.

Aunt Sally's stories are hilariously, heartbreakingly funny'heartbreaking because you wish your own childhood had been like that, outrageous and funny and full of larger-than-life characters and adventures.

Aunt Sally's stories are funny, funny, funny, until suddenly they're not'and the serious core of the book is revealed, and it hits you like a load of bricks, and makes you stop and think. It's the best kind of funny--funny with a core of smartness and importance that catches you right in the heart.

I loved this book. It's a great read-aloud'you'll want to read bits and pieces out loud to people you love, and it's such a short read that it's perfect for bedtime reading. It ends a bit abruptly, but that almost feels like real life'most of the time, you never get to know the ending.