Written by: Claire Martin
First line: Boots was scared.
Why you should read this book: After his two older brothers
fail to save the family’s crops from the trolls that devour all their grain on
Midsummer’s Night, they doubt that little brother Boots will have the fortitude
to overcome the monsters, but Boots girds his courage and, three years running,
outwits the threat and wins a fine stallion each year. When the foolish king
declares that the man who can ride up a glass mountain will win the hand of his
daughter in marriage, Boots has an advantage over all the other knights. A
lovely retelling of an old tale with many popular and familiar thematic
elements.
Why you shouldn’t read this book: You think your youngest
sibling is an incompetent dolt who can never surpass you in anything.
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