The Three-Berry Academy

A magical stretch of the Mississippi River is home to the Three-Berry Academy, a one-room schoolhouse for river trolls. Ms. Quiet Quickthorn is the headmistress of the school, which can be found at the bottom of Big Mouth Slough. There's a catfish in the school's rafters and a snapping turtle hall monitor. But even with their help, Ms. Quickthorn has a problem. Young trolls just don't want to return to school after a summer of roaming free on the river. To get her students into her...
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A magical stretch of the Mississippi River is home to the Three-Berry Academy, a one-room schoolhouse for river trolls. Ms. Quiet Quickthorn is the headmistress of the school, which can be found at the bottom of Big Mouth Slough. There's a catfish in the school's rafters and a snapping turtle hall monitor. But even with their help, Ms. Quickthorn has a problem. Young trolls just don't want to return to school after a summer of roaming free on the river. To get her students into her classroom at the start of the year she first has to catch them. And even then they don't come willingly, which only adds to the fun. The Three-Berry Academy returns to the world of Horns & Wrinkles, a middle-grade novel that first introduced the trolls and blue-wing fairies found along the Mississippi, and which received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal. The San Diego Union-Tribune described it as a new tall tale with all the hallmarks of a classic.