The Trall Series
by Gayle Torrens
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The Series
There are five exciting books in The Trall Series - a collection of portal fantasies set in the Australian bush. Each story takes place in one of the tralldoms and focusses on a different environmental problem.
The books are written for competent readers aged 9 years to 13 years - or beyond.
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Books 1-5
“If you fly with crows, people will think you’re a crow and treat you like a crow.”
Wayen in The Tralls of Nindarry
The Tralls of Nindarry (2015)
The Tralls of Nindarry was a 2024 recipient of a Golden Wizard Book Prize for fantasy in the 8 to 12-year-old section.
The Tralls of Nindarry was awarded a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from Reader Views.
Book One in the Trall Series
Underlying themes: responsibility, ingenuity, tenacity, bravery
Gemayn thought he was following his grandmother along an ordinary walking track up to the summit of Mt. Ninderry but he soon discovered that this particular track was anything but ordinary. It was a portal into the amazingly beautiful but incredibly dangerous Tralldom of Nindarry and when he meets the tralls who live there, he is astounded to discover that they know his sister, Bella and that she often visits them.
While he is in the village, Gemayn unearths a long-hidden family secret that could destroy the friendships he and Bella have formed with the tralls and shatter the bonds of trust they have always shared with their grandparents.
When the tralls are forced to go to war against the evil Machins, Gemayn is horrified to discover that they are under the control of his family's nemesis, Mr Handley.
Can Gemayn and Bella help to save the Tralldom of Nindarry and rekindle the close relationship that has always existed between them and their grandmother and grandfather?
"Jumping to conclusions is dangerous because it could have serious consequences."
Grantis in The Tralls of Mundi
The Tralls of Mundi (2017)
The Tralls of Mundi was a 2025 recipient of a Golden Wizard Book Prize for fantasy in the 8 to 12-year-old section.
The Tralls of Mundi was awarded a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review from Reader Views.
Book Two in the Trall Series
Underlying themes: leadership, persistence, courage, resourcefulness
The River Maire is a fearsome, gushing, eddying ribbon of power that separates the Tralldom of Mundi from the other three tralldoms and trying to cross it has resulted in many tralls making an early journey to their ancestor's Greater Mude in the Clouds so why are the tralls so concerned when it suddenly disappears?
For months, Jete from Nindarry and Jak from Maruchus have been eagerly awaiting the Coming Together that is to take place in the Tralldom of Mundi because it will give them a chance to renew their friendship and catch up with the other chicks but something evil is lurking in the tralldoms and it's determined the Coming Together will never take place.
Instead of the Coming Together uniting the tralls of the four tralldoms, the strange disappearance of both the River Maire and the village of Mundi has them on the verge of going to war with each other.
Jete and Jak are determined to unravel the mystery and save their friends Arlo and Addie but what they discover when they enter the sacred cave of Mundi leaves them so confused and horrified, they doubt that they can save them or even their own kinships.
"If a promise makes you feel uncomfortable, it’s a bad promise and bad promises need to be broken."
Peterus in The Tralls of Maruchus
The Tralls of Maruchus (2019)
Awarded the Literary Titan Book Award.
Book Three in the Trall Series
Underlying themes: empathy, determination, resilience, loyalty
Fire has already destroyed Maya's village once so when she sees flames shooting up along the banks of the Maruchus River she immediately races to find her kinships who are travelling to the Tralldom of Nindarry. She knows they will need to return quickly if they are to save the village from being burnt out for a second time.
The tralls of Maruchus quickly discover that this is no ordinary fire because the flames are not burning along the banks of the river, they're dancing on top of the water.
Have the evil Chameleonkin returned to seek revenge on the tralls or is their nemesis, Mr Handley responsible? for the terrifying phenomena.
Maya is terrified for her new friend Ellie, the Water Sprite but how can she save her when she has promised Tani, Fief of the Tralldom of the Rivers that she would never tell anyone about the sprites or divulge the location of the secret tralldom?
Ellie once told Maya that a promise is a sacred oath and must never be broken but is keeping a promise more important than saving lives?
“It’s hard pretending to be something that you aren't, but it’s even harder pretending not to be something that you are.”
Sasha in The Tralls of Colum
The Tralls of Colum (2021)
The Tralls of Colum was awarded a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review from Reader Views.
Book Four in the Trall Series
Underlying themes: co-operation, resourcefulness, perseverance, tolerance
The tralls of Colum have lived on the shores of the Great Ocean for thousands of years and during that time Mother Ocean has generously supplied everything they need, but times are changing. The Warming is forcing the kelp and the sea creatures to travel south in search of cooler water, leaving the tralls dangerously short of food.
Emi is devastated when she overhears her grandfather and his chars discussing the prospect of starvation forcing their kinships to leave their tralldom but the next morning, a huge island of fresh kelp and thousands of plump jellyfish miraculously appear off shore.
Emi and her brother Jai know this precious gift from Mother Ocean will change everything because there will now be enough food to last the tralls and the sea creatures for many months so they set off to collect as much of the bounty as they can before the starving sea creatures descend on it .
But tragedy strikes when their dug-out is overturned. Emi is almost drowned and tragically, Jai is lost at sea.
Eventually, the broken-hearted tralls of Colum are forced to leave their ancestral lands and begin the long trek south in search of food.
Is this the end of the Tralldom of Colum?
“Let’s vow that we will never again be scared of someone because they’re different to us and that in future, we’ll give everyone a fair go right from the start.”
Maya in The Tralls of Nosa
The Tralls of Nosa (2023)
The Tralls of Nosa was awarded a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from Reader Views.
Book Five in the Trall Series
Underlying themes: compassion, trust, reliability, integrity
One day, Mia discovered a beautiful plant that she has never seen before and thinking it would make a nice present for her mother, she dug it up and took it back to her village. The plant flourished in its new surroundings and it soon swamped their kabines and mudes forcing the tralls of Nosa to live out in the open.
Then the plant invaded the everglades and the forests; killing off the native flora and compelling the fauna to search for new habitats. Suddenly, the tralls were faced with the prospect of starvation for the first time in their long history.
When some strange incomers enter the tralldom, the tralls of Nosa are convinced they are the dreaded Chameleons who have long desired to take over their tralldom but to their surprise they discover that the Tralldom of the Chameleonkin and their tralldom aren’t the only ones in existence. There are five other tralldoms nearby.
The tralls of Nosa slowly come to relise that they must overcome their fear and distrust of anything new or different if they are to save their ancestral lands from the clutches of the invasive plant.
Can the tralls from all six tralldoms work together to transform Nosa from the dark and dismal place it had become into the beautiful idyll it used to be and forge strong friendships with each other in the process?
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