Elliot and the Goblin War, Jennifer A. Nielsen
Elliot and the Goblin War, Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Elliot and the Goblin War

Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen

Series: The Underworld Chronicles #1

Narrator: Shaan Dasani

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Sourcebooks

Published: 04/07/2026

Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Nielsen's debut novel, now with fresh new cover art for a new generation of readers! A brilliant, hilarious, and unique fantasy adventure about a boy who has to save mythical creatures from their Goblin tormentors—and who learns how to stand up to bullies of the human variety.
It all starts on Halloween night, when young Elliot Penster chases off some bullies who are attacking a girl in a brownie costume. A very realistic brownie costume. Okay, not a costume at all. Little does Elliot know by his eleventh birthday he will be named the King of the Brownies, will be responsible for provoking a war with the goblins, and—perhaps most terrifying of all—will become personally acquainted with the infamous Chocolate Cake of Horror. But as it turns out, Elliot is too busy to do much ruling: it’s taking all his energy to dodge the many nasty goblin attempts to do away with him, not to mention an all-too-human bully at school. But when the goblins finally go too far and blow up his house, Elliot realizes that it’s time to stop dodging and stand up and fight back. After all, what else can a king do?

About The Author

#1 New York Times Bestselling author, Jennifer Nielsen, was born and raised in northern Utah, where she still lives today with her family. She is the author of The Ascendance series, beginning with THE FALSE PRINCE; the TRAITOR’S GAME series, the historical novels, ICEBERG, A NIGHT DIVIDED, WORDS ON FIRE, LINES OF COURAGE and several other titles. Jennifer has won multiple awards including the Sydney Taylor Notable Book Award (RESISTANCE, 2019), multiple Whitney Awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award (2023), and several state book awards. She loves chocolate, old books, and lazy days in the mountains.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maeleah on February 02, 2011

Hooked from the beginning with a warning that only seven children have "read the book and lived to tell about", this fantasy story of human boy, Elliot, who becomes king of the underworld, exudes comical delight on every other page. Elliot is bumping along with a sister that burns everything she coo......more

Goodreads review by Pranta on November 28, 2015

I would say, this was a kid grade fantasy. And that's not a bad thing. Something that everyone can read and anyone can have fun from. Some jokes I really liked and some was hit and miss. Overall it kept me amused. The story got better after it was 50% through. My favorite character in this story is......more

Goodreads review by Kylie on March 08, 2021

Plot 0.75 Writing 0.75 Characters 1 Enjoyment 1 Reread/Recommend 1 4.5 stars Book #12 of 2021 and 12th book I've read by my favorite author! This was (unsurprisingly because it is Jen) a really good book. I found it online and did not mean to binge the whole thing in an afternoon (then again, us reader ne......more

Goodreads review by Gina (My Precious Blog) on December 22, 2012

Reasons for picking up this book and reading it were: to complete my Off the Shelf reading challenge, because I heard Jennifer A. Nielsen's A False Prince was fantastic and it was supposed to be a quick, light, fast read. I can't say I was disappointed. My only problem with the book (and its only my......more

Goodreads review by Annette on February 15, 2012

Fun book. Elliot is a young boy who gets himself involved in a Goblin/Brownie War after helping a brownie get away from a goblin on Halloween night. Jennifer Nielsen has a very interesting writing style slipping in warnings to the reader and comments about translating goblin language for the reader,......more

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