A Feasting of Trolls
Ivar lives on a farm, looked after by his older brothers and sisters. He's very happy, playing his fiddle - until he starts to wonder why, every Christmas, he's always sent away to stay with relatives.
And why is there always plenty of food in the farm's store-rooms before Christmas, but hardly any after?
"Where does all the food go, eh, Puss?" he says to the farm's black cat - and to his amazement, the cat answers him.
With the cat as his helper, Ivar sets out to discover the frightening secret of what happens at his farm every Christmas...
Susan Price
Susan Price (born 1955) is an English author of children's and young-adult novels. She has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize for British children's books.
Price was born in Dudley, West Midlands, and still lives in the Black Country.