#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Nielsen's debut novel, now with fresh new cover art for a new generation of readers! A brilliant, hilarious, and unique fantasy adventure about a boy who has to save mythical creatures from their Goblin tormentors--and who learns how to stand up to bullies of the human variety.It all starts on Halloween night, when young Elliot Penster chases off some bullies who are attacking a girl in a brownie costume. A very realistic brownie costume. Okay, not a costume at all. Little does Elliot know by his eleventh birthday he will be named the King of the Brownies, will be responsible for provoking a war with the goblins, and--perhaps most terrifying of all--will become personally acquainted with the infamous Chocolate Cake of Horror. But as it turns out, Elliot is too busy to do much ruling: it's taking all his energy to dodge the many nasty goblin attempts to do away with him, not to mention an all-too-human bully at school. But when the goblins f
