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Eastham, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140713793X ISBN 13: 9781407137933

Publisher: Scholastic, 2014

Synopsis

When thirteen-year-old Jack moves to Norway, he's sure there's no truth in the local myths and legends. But then he comes face to face with one: the body of a Norse warrior boy, frozen in the ice, and carrying with him an ancient arrowhead - that contains a terrible curse. If Jack's going to survive, he has to overcome both an ancient wrong and a newly-risen enemy in this thrilling adventure from an award-winning author.

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Review

`Absolutely breathtaking - a dazzling and very scary novel.' --Kevin Crossley-Holland, Carnegie Medal winner

`Well-paced ... clever ... The stakes feel extremely high.' --The Bookbag.

About the Author

Ruth Eastham is an award-winning author from the UK. Her debut novel, The Memory Cage, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and won the Inspiration Book Award. Teachers voted it best story in the UK Literacy Association Book Award, and it won and was shortlisted for many other regional prizes. The Memory Cage was also nominated for the prestigious Carnegie Medal. Her second book, The Messenger Bird won and was shortlisted for many local authority book prizes and its Enigma Code themes made it a featured book at the famous Bletchley Park. Ruth is a popular speaker in schools, in the UK and abroad, fascinating children with the real-life mysteries and dramas behind these and her other books: The Jaguar Trials and The Warrior in the Mist. Ruth has lived in New Zealand, Australia and Italy and has two daughters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140713793X
• ISBN 13: 9781407137933
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240