LevelUp's fiction stories present a unique blend of high-interest stories and stimulating educational material. Each story brings readers on a new adventure that is perfectly suited to their reading level. The LevelUp program offers reading materials at each Lexile level, so readers can learn to read, read to learn, and read for fun. No matter their reading abilities, LevelUp readers can find stories that speak to them, from fairytales to out-of-this-world alien encounters to everyday experiences. In this story, a girl's father goes missing and she believes the kidnapper must be the trolls from the stories he's always told her.

Follow courageous Johannah on her dangerous quest to silence the Terrible Troll Cat, so the Princess can rest.

Make no mistake, Trollcat's going against all odds! -- He's grappling with the realities of life and he's grouchy unless he gets his way ...at the bank machine ATM/ABM or the local famous all-Canadian (NOT!) do----nut shop. It's time to see just how far Trollcat tests his ho-hum mustachioed owner. And just who's this bossy woman with ( the thick glasses? Was she too strict with Trollcat? Is that why Trollcat went over the top? What goes on inside the man with the moustache's mind? Will wife with the glasses seek revenge?But Trollcat and his ridiculous gang of wild Canadian animals are gonna get more unscrupulous! ( ) Well, you know. Life in Ontario, Canada gets hard, with the freezing winters, endless construction and deforestation... Out East, in Nova Scotia, you can live in your car or trailer park ''house'' but rent and ELECTRICITY in Ontario, ouch, you may as well go live in a tree, if you're small and furry, that is... But what if Trollcat's house of cardtricks fall apart? Will he stop trolling? Hahaha, not if he's hungry and, er...thirsty...for more mischief!

An imaginative book for anyone who’s ever wanted a pet Lucy wants a pet more than anything, even though her mom always says no. But one night, Lucy hears a scratching sound from behind her wallpaper, and a ghostly cat named Silvring appears. Silvring takes Lucy on an adventure and introduces her to a world filled with secret pets just like hers. Not all the secret pets are as friendly as Silvring, though. Filled with magical realism, this beautiful book will resonate with animal lovers of all ages.

A very large cat may be the key to saving Christmas in this wryly humorous retelling of the Norwegian fairy tale The Cat on the Dovrefjell. When a man captures a great white bear, he is determined to bring it as a gift to the king of Finnmark. But to do that, first he must cross the Dovrefells—a mountain covered in snow and ice—in the middle of winter. On Christmas Eve, he reaches the house of a man named Halvor, and asks if he can stay the night. Halvor warns that every year on Christmas Eve, trolls come down from the mountains to take over his home, but the man and his polar bear think they may just be able to help...

" . . . it presents some of the most important folklore studies to appear in [Nordic] countries in the past thirty years." —The Scandinavian-American Bulletin " . . . will . . . be of interest to folklorists in general. The selected essays . . . deal with issues that any folklorist who wishes to be up-to-date must consider. . . . A valuable addition to folklore studies . . . " —Choice Nordic folklore studies have made major theoretical contributions to international folklore scholarship. The articles in this collection not only reflect areas in which Nordic folklore studies have been particularly strong, but also demonstrate recent changes in theoretical paradigms and empirical application.

Twelve-year-old Barney Willow gets his wish to be a cat but soon discovers that not all felines are cute and cuddlyNsome are downright evilNand his life is in grave danger, but his missing father may be able to help. Illustrations.