- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Children's Books (8 April 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340635932
- ISBN-13: 978-0340635933
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 1.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,663,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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By the author of the "My Teacher is an Alien" series. William isn't scared by the unusual goings-on at Toad-in-a-Cage Castle, but when the night noises come he finds himself unleashing a terrifying secret. Now it's too late and the Goblins are out. They're mad, bad and very, very scary.
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I was found on the drawbridge of Toad-in-a-Cage Castle on a cold December night. Read the first page
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Goblins in the Castle
8 Jan 2004
Format:Paperback
This is a great book. I have read it to my 4th and 5th grade students and to my own children and they have all loved it. It has just the right mix of "scary" and funny to keep the reader's (or listener's!) interest. This book is not one of Bruce Coville's best known stories, but once you read it, it WILL be one of your favorites!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Superb book, ESPECIALLY when read aloud!
25 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
I am a 5th grade teacher, and I enjoy reading this book to my class every year. The students really seem to enjoy the book, especially when I "do the voices". I have just about read the cover off my copy (literally). Of course, I have had some help. Every year after I read it to the class, at least three of the students ask to read it themselves. (A definite plus!)
"Goblins" has all the elements of fantasy, so it works in nicely when discussing that type of book. Bruce Coville really did an outstanding job with this one. I really take a great deal of delight in "torturing" the students by reading only a chapter or two a day. Mr. Coville did an awesome job building suspense at the end of each chapter. It makes for GREAT cliffhangers!
If you teach upper elementary, or if you have children aged 8-12 that you read to, and you don't own this book, then SHAME ON YOU! This one is a must. I have yet to have a class that didn't enjoy this book (even when I taught 6th grade). However, if you don't "do the voices" you are missing half the fun.
I have heard a *rumor* that Bruce Coville is working on a prequel to _Goblins in the Castle_. One can only hope.
Mike Frazier
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
14 Year Later, Still A Great Tale
31 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
I first purchased this book when I was seven years old at a school book fair because I was raised by my father on The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings and the cover, title and description looked cool.
I remember vividly being in second grade and being absolutely tantalized by the day or two it took for me to finish it. It was just a wonderful tale of charming adventure that immediately struck the right chord with me. I'm 21 years old now and I still find myself taking time every year or so to pick up the very copy of the book I purchased when I was 7 to re-aquaint myself with the characters and the adventure and the feeling of being so completely absorbed with a story that can't really be captured beyond grammar school levels that the rest of the world doesn't matter.
This book has stood the test of time for me. It served as a fantastical escape when I was a wee lad and can still provide that exact same charm now as I finish college that I don't believe I'll ever be able to find anywhere else.
Stellar book that will do nothing but encourage young people to read; it's something that's really needed today.
I remember vividly being in second grade and being absolutely tantalized by the day or two it took for me to finish it. It was just a wonderful tale of charming adventure that immediately struck the right chord with me. I'm 21 years old now and I still find myself taking time every year or so to pick up the very copy of the book I purchased when I was 7 to re-aquaint myself with the characters and the adventure and the feeling of being so completely absorbed with a story that can't really be captured beyond grammar school levels that the rest of the world doesn't matter.
This book has stood the test of time for me. It served as a fantastical escape when I was a wee lad and can still provide that exact same charm now as I finish college that I don't believe I'll ever be able to find anywhere else.
Stellar book that will do nothing but encourage young people to read; it's something that's really needed today.
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