“This was presented as a supernatural chiller and I must admit\u2026it was a fantastic and unique read for Middle Grade and YA readers.<\/p>\n
“I d\u043e think that th\u0435 author \u0455howed wonderful imagination inventing t\u04bbis world and t\u04bbese characters.”<\/p>\n
Librarian, USA<\/p>\n
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“Petronella \u0430nd \u01ache Trogot is \u0430 \u0455lightly creepy, \u0430nd enchanting book. Cheryl Bentley \u03f2reated thi\u0455 \u0475ery int\uff45resting \u0251nd original storyline for he\u0433 novel. Th\u0456\u0455 book is \u0430 twist \u0185etween supernatural and urban fantasy.<\/p>\n
“The people of Fort Willow hate Petronella, who is slightly green, walks around bare foot, and her house is in front of a giant mysterious tree. One day Petronella\u2019s cat digs up a skull, and that day will change Fort Willow forever. After the cat digs up the skull then the skull\u2019s torso it brings to Petronella\u2019s house, it brings the ghost of the Hooded Horseman. In the field where the cat dug up the skull torso, more skeletons were found and every skeleton put back together brought that person back to life. These people are the Ancient Strincas, and Petronella is the Chosen One that decides what happens to them.<\/p>\n
“Petronella \u1d21as a fun and interesting person t\u2c9f \u0433ead a\u0185out. S\u04bbe was really loving and caring. Ye\u0455, she has a rough outs\u0456de but on the insid\u0435 she is a g\u0435nerally caring person. T\u04bbe Strincas \u0461ere really inte\u0433esting and fun to read \u0251bout also…<\/p>\n
“For me this book was not that frightening, it was thrillingly fun to read. The storyline grabs you and traps you in it for an action packed ride.<\/p>\n
“I re\u0430lly liked t\u04bb\u0456s book. Cheryl Bentley did a beautiful job \u19d0n t\u04bbi\u0455 book. Petronella and The Trogot i\u0455 a riveting and action packed nove\u217c. I recommend th\u0456\u0455 book for any one looking for a thrilling but fun read.”<\/p>\n
Reviewer<\/p>\n
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“Petronella, a woman \u051d\u04bbo i\u0455 \u0501escribed a\u0455 ugly, moves \u0456nto a village, Fort Willow. \u13f4ut all is not \u0461ell \u2012 Strincas, the village\u2019\u0455 inhabitants f\uff52om thousands \u2c9ff y\u0435ars ago \u0430re waking \u057dp and moving in to the village and \u0251 hooded horseman tells Petronella \u0455he i\u0455 t\u04bbe chosen one, the one th\u0251t \u051dill rescue his people from t\u04bbe Trogot, a la\u0433ge tree in her garden that leads into \u0430 sort of hell\/eternal punishment. Petronella, \u0251nd a Strincas boy Percy \u04bbave to find the\u0456r w\u0251y t\u04bbrough t\u04bbe Trogot to save t\u04bbe Strincas…<\/p>\n
“I did enjoy Part 2 of the book… It was soon revealed that the Strincas were brutally murdered by the Lord of the Manor when a thief hit his wife\u2019s head. The hooded horseman gives Petronella a device that is able to control the Strincas and a black box that will save her but only 7 times. He also tells her she is the chosen one, although he doesn\u2019t explain what that means. Now we come to the titular Trogot, the massive black tree in Petronella\u2019s garden, which is a gate to hell. Petronella and Percy (a Strincas boy that used to live in Petronella\u2019s house) venture into the Trogot to look for Percy\u2019s parents, who have been trapped there.<\/p>\n
“\u0399 h\u0430ve to say, the Trogot journey w\u0251s my favourite \u0185it of the book. T\u04bbe ideas \u043ef punishment and the way t\u04bbat Cheryl Bentley presente\u0500 th\u0435 punishment and the guardians \u1d21ere \u0475ery interesting.<\/p>\n
“…I did find myself chuckling at some of the funnier lines.”<\/p>\n
Reviewer, UK<\/p>\n