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Brimming with dragons, goblins, and logic puzzles, this middle-grade fantasy adventure is perfect for readers who enjoyed The Princess Bride or Rump. THE BOY is a nameless slave on a mission to uncover his true destiny. THE GOBLIN holds all the answers, but he's too tricky to be trusted. PLAIN ALICE is a bookish peasant girl carried off by a confused dragon. And PRINCESS ALICE is the lucky girl who wasn't kidnapped. All four are tangled up in a sinister plot to take over the kingdom, and together they must face kind monsters, a cruel magician, and dozens of deathly boring palace bureaucrats. They're a ragtag bunch, but with strength, courage, and plenty of deductive reasoning, they just might outwit the villains and crack the goblin's puzzle. An adventure bursting with wit and charm. The characters are fresh, the story is thrilling, and the puzzles are downright diabolical. A wonderful book. -Jonathan Auxier, author ofThe Night Gardener and Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes Brimming with sarcastic, cheeky, laugh-out-loud humor, this is a smart, original, and completely engaging adventure. -School Library Journal,starred review

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Witty, wise, and full of adventure, <i>The Goblin s Puzzle</i> delighted me with every turn of the page. Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times bestselling author of <i>Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin</i> An adventure bursting with wit and charm. The characters are fresh, the story is thrilling, and the puzzles are downright diabolical. A wonderful book. Jonathan Auxier, author of <i>The Night Gardener Brimming with sarcastic, cheeky, laugh-out-loud humor, this is a smart, original, and completely engaging adventure. <i> School Library Journal, </i> starred review<i> Combines the unpredictability of a Monty Python skit with traces of the Brothers Grimm... Chilton s novel is sure to please readers looking for a fresh spin on cherished fairy tale conventions. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review Chilton crafts a sharp and engaging fantasy world that, in the vein of William Steig's <i>Shrek!</i> (1990), satirizes conventional fairy-tale themes while employing them to pen an original story. <i>Kirkus</i> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>

Witty, wise, and full of adventure, The Goblin s Puzzle delighted me with every turn of the page. Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times bestselling author of Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin An adventure bursting with wit and charm. The characters are fresh, the story is thrilling, and the puzzles are downright diabolical. A wonderful book. Jonathan Auxier, author of The Night Gardener Brimming with sarcastic, cheeky, laugh-out-loud humor, this is a smart, original, and completely engaging adventure. School Library Journal, starred review Combines the unpredictability of a Monty Python skit with traces of the Brothers Grimm... Chilton s novel is sure to please readers looking for a fresh spin on cherished fairy tale conventions. Publishers Weekly, starred review Chilton crafts a sharp and engaging fantasy world that, in the vein of William Steig's Shrek! (1990), satirizes conventional fairy-tale themes while employing them to pen an original story. Kirkus From the Hardcover edition.

Witty, wise, and full of adventure, The Goblin's Puzzle delighted me with every turn of the page. --Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times bestselling author of Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin An adventure bursting with wit and charm. The characters are fresh, the story is thrilling, and the puzzles are downright diabolical. A wonderful book. --Jonathan Auxier, author of The Night Gardener Brimming with sarcastic, cheeky, laugh-out-loud humor, this is a smart, original, and completely engaging adventure. --School Library Journal, starred review Combines the unpredictability of a Monty Python skit with traces of the Brothers Grimm... Chilton's novel is sure to please readers looking for a fresh spin on cherished fairy tale conventions. --Publishers Weekly, starred review Chilton crafts a sharp and engaging fantasy world that, in the vein of William Steig's Shrek! (1990), satirizes conventional fairy-tale themes while employing them to pen an original story. --Kirkus From the Hardcover edition. Witty, wise, and full of adventure, The Goblin s Puzzle delighted me with every turn of the page. Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times bestselling author of Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin An adventure bursting with wit and charm. The characters are fresh, the story is thrilling, and the puzzles are downright diabolical. A wonderful book. Jonathan Auxier, author of The Night Gardener Brimming with sarcastic, cheeky, laugh-out-loud humor, this is a smart, original, and completely engaging adventure. School Library Journal, starred review Combines the unpredictability of a Monty Python skit with traces of the Brothers Grimm... Chilton s novel is sure to please readers looking for a fresh spin on cherished fairy tale conventions. Publishers Weekly, starred review Chilton crafts a sharp and engaging fantasy world that, in the vein of William Steig's Shrek! (1990), satirizes conventional fairy-tale themes while employing them to pen an original story. Kirkus From the Hardcover edition.

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Andrew S. Chilton drew inspiration forThe Goblin's Puzzlefrom a wide variety of sources, ranging fromThe Hobbitto Monty Python to Aristotle'sNicomachean Ethics.As a kid, he gobbled up fantasy novels and logic puzzles, and as an adult, he spent over ten years as a practicing lawyer before launching his career as a writer. He lives in Los Angeles, California.This is his first novel. Follow him on Twitter @andrewschilton.

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