{"id":103,"date":"2012-12-29T07:39:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T07:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennielsen.com\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2018-02-15T05:29:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T05:29:40","slug":"elliot-and-the-goblin-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/underworld-chronicles\/elliot-and-the-goblin-war","title":{"rendered":"Elliot and the Goblin War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38\" src=\"http:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/elliot_bk1_cover-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"elliot_bk1_cover\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/elliot_bk1_cover-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/elliot_bk1_cover.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For most kids, accidentally starting an interspecies war would be the biggest event of their lives. But for Elliot Penster, it was only the beginning. When the Brownies, who are on the hopelessly losing end of that war against the Goblins, make Elliot their King, there\u2019s one Brownie who isn\u2019t celebrating. And he\u2019s just made a deal with the Goblins to get rid of Elliot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-333\" src=\"http:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ELLIOT_house_sm-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"ELLIOT_house_sm\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ELLIOT_house_sm-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ELLIOT_house_sm.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNielsen cleverly keeps the action and humor flowing from one silly obstacle to the next&#8230; This quickly addictive page-turner also entices readers with many sensory details, such as tenacious Gripping Mud, surprising tasty turnip juice and a tingly invisibility potion gone wrong&#8230; Definitely a series to invest in&#8230;\u201d \u2013 <strong>Kirkus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh dear. Funny names (Fudd Fartwick, Tubs Lawless) and unexpected events (almost being scared to death) tumble through the pages, and Nielsen writes about them with tongue in cheek.\u201d &#8211; <strong>Booklist<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em><a title=\"Elliot Teachers Guide PDF\" href=\"\/pdf\/ElliotGoblinTeachersGuide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teachers, click here for a free pdf of a teacher&#8217;s guide.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buy from your local bookstore when possible. \u00a0Or you can order here:<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1b57b1; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781402240195\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781402240195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiebound.org<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #1b57b1; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;\" title=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Elliot-Goblin-War-Jennifer-Nielsen\/dp\/1402240198\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1280106400&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Elliot-Goblin-War-Jennifer-Nielsen\/dp\/1402240198\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1280106400&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #1b57b1; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;\" title=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Elliot-and-the-Goblin-War\/Jennifer-Nielsen\/e\/9781402240195\/?itm=1&amp;amp;USRI=elliot+and+the+goblin+war\" href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Elliot-and-the-Goblin-War\/Jennifer-Nielsen\/e\/9781402240195\/?itm=1&amp;amp;USRI=elliot+and+the+goblin+war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BarnesandNoble.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elliot Illustrations \u00a9\u00a0<a title=\"Gideon Kendall Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gideonkendall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gideon Kendall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most kids, accidentally starting an interspecies war would be the biggest event of their lives. But for Elliot Penster, it was only the beginning. When the Brownies, who are on the hopelessly losing end of that war against the Goblins, make Elliot their King, there\u2019s one Brownie who isn\u2019t celebrating. And he\u2019s just made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":96,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2358,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/2358"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennielsen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}