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Jack is an apprentice bard and just beginning to learn the secrets of his mysterious master, when he and his little sister are captured by Viking chief, Olaf One-Brow, and taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless. This work presents an adventure set in the 8th Century where a boy's life is changed forever by the first Viking raid on England.
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Nancy Farmer’s new novel is a big, energetic, magical and breathtaking volume--a sweeping Viking adventure set in AD 793 that is rich in excitement and adventure, and which manages also to be quite funny at the same time. Farmer is a three-time Newbery Honor author in her native United States and her pedigree as a fine author is very apparent here. There’s marauding, sea-faring, kidnapping, beserking, dragon-bashing, magic and battle throughout.
Jack is a Saxon boy, apprenticed to the local bard and on the brink of harnessing his inherent magical abilities. Disaster strikes when he and his little sister Lucy are hauled away from their home in the North of England by a villainous-looking crew of Viking Berserkers led by Olaf One-Brow. Jack begins by hating his captors, for their cruelty and brutal way of living life. He is oppressed in every way, and thoroughly despised by a Viking girl in the raiding party called Thorgil who seems hell-bent on nothing more than dying a glorious death in war and ascending to Valhalla.
Jack and Lucy are hauled in front of King Ivar the Boneless and Queen Frith--a half troll with a fearsome temper--who is angered beyond measure when one of Jack’s spells causes her hair to fall out. Leaving his sister behind as a potential sacrifice, Jack must undertake a dangerous quest to the land of the Trolls in Jotunheim to seek Mimir’s Well and extract from it the elixir that could reverse his calamitous spell. There is substantial excitement and drama along the way.
It’s difficult not to be entertained by everything within these 450 pages plus. The novel encompasses such great themes, speeding the reader through fascinating Scandinavian mythology, and at the end it’s impossible to let go. Reassuring, there’s a sequel in the making. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay
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"Heroic."
-- "USA Today"
"Nancy Farmer goes a-viking and returns with magic."
-- "Associated Press"
"A hugely entertaining story sure to appeal to fans of "The Lord of the Rings.""
-- "Kirkus," starred review
"This exciting and original fantasy will capture the hearts and imaginations of readers."
-- "School Library Journal," starred review
"Readers will want to sail through these nearly 500 pages to find out what happens to young Jack and his sister, Lucy...."
-- "Publishers Weekly," starred review
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 068986096X
- ISBN 13 9780689860966
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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