It's quite a page-turning story, indeed, if you can hang in there and get through the beginning.Īs with most stories that interweave magic throughout the plot, there are pixies, trolls, and gnomes. How he got his name, and the journey to spinning straw for the queen in exchange for her first born child. Its aim is to reveal the "little man's" side of the story. The story begins at a rather plodding pace in its first 50 pages. Though the book's first sentence is an attention grabber, especially for kids. Also, he's teased and tormented by the village bullies, Fredrick and Bruno, who call him "Butt". With a name like Rump, the future doesn't look very bright. The problem is that names are one's destiny and have magic powers. As his mother attempted to utter it on her deathbed, Rump was all that she could muster before taking her last breath. The first sentence of Liesl Shurtliff's book RUMP sets the stage for the book's protagonist and his life on The Mountain.
"My mother named me after a cow's rear end."
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