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I loved the Trolls trilogy and got my family to read them as well. Olaf is one of my favorite characters in any book. I also love House of the Scorpions and am excited for the sequel. I live in Northern Idaho and it is pretty rural here as well, but I love it. Good luck with the "maybe" move.

I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to take the opportunity to say how much I love your books. Since I'm currently 18, I suppose I don't really fit into the "Young Adult" category anymore, but to be honest, so many "YA" books have more interesting plots and themes than the supposedly more sophisticated books that I am told are the only ones suitable for my age group. While I suppose reading The Scarlet Letter is an important milestone in the standard American literature education, I'd much rather be reading The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; or The House of the Scorpion. I can't count how many times I've read your books. And, like you said in an earlier post, each time reveals new gems that you've left for us readers. Hope you get well soon!! (I'll admit that's mostly a selfish statement: learning that there will be a sequel to The House of the Scorpion honestly made my day.)

P.S. While you definitely deserve the recognition (and $$) that a movie would bring, I can't imagine Hollywood doing any of your books justice...I can imagine myself screaming furiously at the screen for not being devoted enough to your words.

My english class finished House of the Scorpion a couple of weeks ago, and, as an understatment: we loved it. My class didn't like the ending, but the rest of the book was a real page turner. Before we ended the book, I stumbled upon your website,and read that you were creating a sequal to HOS. When I told my classmates about it, they were estatic to hear about the sequal, and can't wait for it. We wish you well, and good luck on the new adventures for Matt!

House of the Scorpion was recommended to me by a friend. I loved it.

I totally agree that the ending could have been expanded upon more. In fact, I'm still confused as to who died at the funeral.

I too, would love to see a movie on this book, but there are a few reasons why this would be very difficult.

1. The pacing. This book takes place over the course of 14 years. They'd have to get a kid Matt, a pre-teen Matt and a teen Matt. They'd all have to be believably similar in voice and appearance as well. The same for other characters as well that age through the story. The other kids. The adults, they could get away with as adults don't look too DRASTICALLY different after 14 years.
2. Length. This book is fairly long, but EVERY page is important. Not like some other long books were stuff can get left out. To accurately portray the book, a film would have to be 3hrs atleast.

Nonetheless i would love to see it in film form and maybe someday it will happen. And if he was hispanic at all I would love to see somebody like Christopher Lee play El Patron... but then again Lee's probably a pretty expensive actor.

Sequel? Excited. Hope to see it next year, I guess is a good estimate. I didn't think this was a very good setup for a sequel, (A similar problem in "The Chocolate War" who's sequel I have yet to read). But I will but my hopes in you, Mrs. Farmer. :)

I want to thank you for the many hours of pleasure you have given me and my friends. We are all in awe of your creative genius. I have listened to all your YA books on CD, which in my opinion is twice as good as reading & I can do it while driving to work.

I'm 60 - my sister, who introduced me to your books, is 64 and my other friends are even older! We all LOVE your books!

Thank You.

Sarah

Hello Mrs. Farmer I am a Junior in the Wisconsin Dells High School and currently working on my Eagle Project in Boy Scouts. I have just recently become a great fan of your Sea of Trolls trilogy. It is become my favorite series since The Lord of the Rings and the historical sense it has is amazing. I have a lot of ideas for any other stories of this series that,if you are interested, can use though I'm still trying to put it together.
Get well soon and God bless!

Nancy
I just read The Land of the Silver Apples and I want to send you some observations about the book. Could you send me an email address where I can send my comments?
Herb

Hi Nancy, i love the book House of the Scorpion. I love the romance between Maria and Matt, I love the whole story but one question has been buzzing in my mind forever....will you make a sequel for it? If not i understand, its hard to write a great story. If yes great!! I cant wait.

Hi Nancy in the book house of the scorpion does maria really like matt to or did she just say i love u in a kid type way.

Hi Nancy! i lovd the book house of the scorpion.. i was at the libary (for some odd reason, im not a real reader)and i found your book. i saw that it was named house of the scorpion, it sounded really cheesy but i saw that it had 3 medals so i checked out. i went home that night and thought i wouldnt read it but i did. it is AWSOME!! i didnt want it to end! and now that i hear theres a sequel i even more exiceted!! heres some reasons i like the book.

Matt and Maria are so cute!: "I love you" matt said
"I love you too" said maria " i know thats a sin and ill probaly go to hell for it" " if i have a soul ill go with you" and then a little be4 that matt said maria was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. im a sucker for romance (love)!

The great friendship Matt has with Chacho and Fidlito



i also have a few questions.: i know this is bugging you but please, when will the sequl be out. just guess.
God Bless You!

nancy agricultor hi! Me encantan todos tus libros y escribí esto en español ... porque ... no sé realmente por qué si .... i bien aún ama a tu casa libro del escorpión ... es mi libro faveroite absoult lo leí 5 veces ... bueno espero una película sale de ella y la secuela sale pronto con cuidado

Hey, I love your Trolls trilogy. I just wanted to say i hope you write more of the trolls books.

Your Sea of Trolls (including Silver Apples/Islands of the Blessed), House of the Scorpion are in my top 3 books. I really hope you continue the Islands of the Blessed. The ending was so strange that I want to read more!! What is their life like in the Bard School? Will Thorgil see her mother? How will their relationship work out? What fine adventures will they continue!?

I am from Mrs. BLoyd's class and i just wanted to say that i think you're work is very inspirational and i enjoyed reading The House of the Scorpion in Mrs. Bloyd's class. I look forward to the sequel. I think maybe Matt and Maria should get married and their be like a twist in the story where there are more clones or something separates Matt and Maria.

Nancy- I loved your book! It was full of exciting parts, I can not pick my favorite. I am looking forward to your sequel. I am from Illini Bluffs middle school in Mrs.Bloyd's classroom. It was the best book I have ever read! I am glad Mrs. Bloyd assigned us to read this book. I hope the sequel comes out very soon so I can read another one of your amazing books! I am also looking forward to reading some of your other series!
Thank you for your time! :)
~Lynsi

AS many of the other people here, I too loved the troll series. I went through them so fast and loved them all. I think it would be really interesting if you told Jack and Thorgil's adventures in the school of the bards as they continue to grow as friends and get stronger as well.
Chris-age 14

I absolutely loved The House of the Scorpion. I read it in 3 and a half days! I never read book but I decided that I would read this one so I would do good on essays and tests. I needed to catch up reading so I read the first 70 pages at once. After that, I couldn't stop reading. I was so sad when they blames Matt for the death of Furball. My favorite character was Maria. There was something about her I loved. I hope Matt and her end up happy together. When the book was over I was really sad and I just need to keep reading about it. When is the sequal coming out???

omg i want u 2 make a 4th trolls book soo bad i luv that series my fav carachter is thorgil

P.S.- The Sea of Trolls would make a great movie! Dibs on Thorgil! :)

I totally agree with Emmeline it would be an AWESOME movie!!!!!!!

Hi, I love the Trolls books, but PLEASE don't write a fourth book! I can't keep chasing books all my life!!

Dear Nancy, I picked up your first trolls book at a school book fair. Ever since then i have been a HUGE fan. You and your books have been a big part of my life. You have inspired me to try to be a author myself. My first attempt of a name for it is "The War of Noble Blood" what do you think? Mail me if you want to look at the first chapter. Thank you, sincerely, Brandon age 16.

finished Islands.. magnificent.. Everyone ive talked to that knows about the sea of trolls loved it, but i haven't met anyone who knew that there were sequels made. the storeis are trully amazing and the characters so dynamic, its impossible to not want to read another. but the problem is no one (in san diego county atleast) that ive spoken to knew sequels existed... even my 12th grade english teacher didn't know of the third book, and she introduced me to The Sea of Trolls. either way I will continue introducing people to the books, and fingers still crossed on the arrival of more tales of Jack and Thorgil :)

Sincerely,
Kalin

Dear Ms. Farmer

I assume this will be one of the first few comments of 2011, and with that is has been almost 2 years since The Islands of the Blessed has been published. I started out with the series in 2005 at the age of 10 when I picked up The Sea of Trolls at random, had to say I loved it! But for some reason it always bugged me, the book didn't feel complete, like it should have sequels. Needless to say in 2009 I herd of Silver Apples and Islands of the Blessed. Well it took a little while to track down the copies, but as of yesterday I have finished the series. And as many have previously stated, and you no doubt have addressed I feel the ending of the book, though brilliantly executed what with the confusion about Jack and Thorgil being dead or not, leaves room for a sequel, if not a prequel following The Bard. There is an excellent amount of room for future adventured featuring the main protagonists Jack and Thorgil, and as a few have mentioned I was hoping for Thorgil to show her love for Jack. But as I say there are many tales yet to be answered, such as how The Bard melted the hole in the troll queen's place haha, a mystery I am sure fans would love answered. Though i am aware you are currently working on a sequel to The House of the Scorpion, eagerly anticipation that by the way, I would love for the Troll's Trilogy to be built upon once work on Scorpion sequel has concluded. None the less thank you for your time.

Sincerely
-Jared

I just wanted to say your isle of the blessed book and the others in that series are excellent books and I really hope to see you make a sequel to islands of the blessed.

Hey, Mrs. Farmer. As much as I love The House of the Scorpion and can't wait for the sequel, I just can't help but feel that there is too much left to Jack and Thorgil's world to be left unexplored. I really love the cultural references you throw in the books and there is just so much more and so many more adventures they could have that I believe could warrant at very least one last sequel. Thorgil is my favorite character and I love how she changes throughout the books. The subtle hints of romance between her and Jack are great too. So, anyway, I know you probably get a lot of these and it probably won't make a great deal of difference, but here's one more person dying for a sequel to a great series :)