Thorn Ogres of Hagwood
By: Robin Jarvis
Edition: 1st Magic Carpet Books ed.
Series: Hagwood trilogy -- bk. 1
Publisher: Magic Carpet Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Orlando, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780152051228
Subjects: Fantasy; Fantasy fiction
Description: The werlings, a peaceful group of forgotten forest creatures whose only magic is the ability to change shapes, are unwittingly drawn into the search for a valuable item stolen from an evil queen many years before.  Gamaliel Tumpin has never been much more than a klutz. He can't shape-change into a mouse like his werling peers, and he can't run as fast as everyone else, and about all that he can do is fall flat on his face. Or so it seems. But on the day a dark force led by the wrathful High Lady of Hollow Hill threatens the peaceful werlings' very existence, Gamaliel finds within himself something no one ever suspected was there: a hero.
Notes: Originally published: London : Penguin Books, 1999.

1st U.S. ed.: San Diego, Calif. : Silver Whistle, 2002.