Kirsty and Rachel are invited to a fancy costume ball in a castle, but Jack Frost plans to turn it into a disaster by taking Flora, the Dress-up Fairy's three magical objects.
Jack, a bard-in-training, and his little sister, Lucy, brave their worst nightmares as Lucy is stolen--again--by the Lady of the Lake, and the children face the return of the berserker Thorgil, kelpies, yarthkins, elves, and other obstacles.
Kirsty and Rachel help Stephanie the Starfish Fairy search for Spike the starfish, who might know the location of one of the missing pieces of the enchanted conch shell.
"When their school bus veers off course while taking the kids from Gravelmuck Elementary on a field trip, monster detectives Tank and Fizz witness a crime that brings them snout to snout with Rockfall Mountain's oldest monster, the ancient dragon Firebane Drakeclaw"--OCLC.
"The sudden disappearance of entire cargo ships laden with imported goods from Slick City's harbor draws fourth-grade sleuths Tank and Fizz, respectively a troll and a goblin, and their elven friend, student wizard Aleetha, into terrifying encounters with both a crew of doggy kobold pirates and a huge, many tentacled meglohydra"--From publisher.
"Goblin and Troll are headed to town for tea, hoping they don't run into any wretched children. Children are smelly and rude! Goblin has an idea--they'll find the rudest child of all and have it for dinner"--Provided by publisher.
Princess Irene's discovery of a secret stair to the top turret of the castle leads to a wonderful revelation. At the same time, the miner's son Curdle overhears a fiendish plot by the goblins who live below the mountain. It will take all of their wit and courage, plus the help of Irene's magic ring, to make sense of their separate knowledge and foil the goblins' schemes.
"In this third book on the Tank and Fizz series, a goblin detective and technology-tinkering troll must mix magic and gadgetry to defeat the evil doom mages."--.
