Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
459 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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age Children |
Note |
"A Richard Jackson book." |
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Sequel: The Land of the Silver Apples. |
Audience |
Ages 10-13. |
Summary |
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-459). |
Contents |
Gathering the lambs -- Apprentice -- Shadow across the water -- Valley of lunatics -- Hrothgar's golden hall -- Wolf-headed men -- End of days -- Rune of protection -- Rider on the nightmare -- Olaf one-brow -- Shield maiden -- Slave market -- Olaf explains the afterlife -- Lost bird -- Bold heart -- Gizur thumb-crusher -- Rune -- Sea of trolls -- Homecoming -- Wise woman -- Golden bristles -- Heide's prophecy -- Olaf's triumph -- Quest -- Jotunheim -- Dragon -- Deadfall -- Glory -- Frozen plain -- Death from the sky -- Capercaillie -- Ice bow -- Fonn and Forath -- Hall of the mountain queen -- Yggdrassil -- Mimir's well -- Queen's gifts -- Spider music -- Farewell to Jotunheim -- Freya's fen -- Lucy's return -- Jack and Jill -- Welcome home. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.7 16. |
Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
Audience |
Middle School. |
Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo. |
Subject |
Mythology, Norse -- Juvenile fiction.
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Mythology, Norse. |
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Druids and druidism -- Juvenile fiction.
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Druids and druidism. |
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Vikings -- Juvenile fiction.
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Vikings. |
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Bards and bardism -- Juvenile fiction.
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Bards and bardism. |
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Saxons -- Juvenile fiction.
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Saxons. |
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Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
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Siblings. |
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Trolls -- Juvenile fiction.
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Trolls. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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Added Author |
Britton, R. H. (Richard H.)
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Other Form: |
Online version: Farmer, Nancy, 1941- Sea of Trolls. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2004 (OCoLC)632759541 |
ISBN |
0689867441 |
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9780689867446 |
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