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Author Farmer, Nancy, 1941-

Title The Islands of the Blessed / Nancy Farmer.

Publication Info. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA Fic Farmer Isl 2009    Available  ---  Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Edition 1st ed.
Description 479 pages : map ; 24 cm.
age Children
Series Sea of Trolls trilogy ; 3
Farmer, Nancy, 1941- Sea of trolls trilogy ; bk. 3.
Note "A Richard Jackson book."
Sequel to: The Land of the Silver Apples.
Audience Ages 10-14.
Summary Two years after their adventures in The Land of the Silver Apples, the apprentice bard Jack and his Viking companion Thorgil confront the malevolent spirit of a vengeful mermaid and begin a quest that casts them among the fin folk of Notland.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-479).
Contents Gathering storm -- Wild hunt -- Hazel wood -- Seafarer -- Scream in the dark -- Fair lamenting -- Mermaid -- Draugr -- Plea for justice -- Hobgoblins arrive -- Hazel comes home -- Tanner brats -- Paths open -- Schlaup -- All aboard -- Love story -- Pink palace -- Pangur ban -- Find tanners -- Quest -- Ethne's cell -- Schlaup's betrothal -- Sacrificial stone -- Bjorn skull-splitter -- Princess Thorgil -- Hogboon -- Escape plans -- Full moon -- Dead wall -- Water of life -- Voyage to Notland -- Fin folk -- City under the sea -- Shoney's feast -- Draugr's tomb -- Life for a life -- Grim's Island -- St. Columba's Cave -- Odin -- Joyful reunion -- Rescue -- Flying venom -- Sister Wulfhilda -- Rune of protection -- Departure -- Thorgil silver-hand -- Islands of the Blessed -- Appendix -- Carnyx -- Father Severus -- Fin folk -- Flying venom -- Lorica -- Mermaids -- St. Columba -- Seafarer -- Sources.
Audience Middle School
Study Program Accelerated Reader 5.4
Provenance Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject Bards and bardism -- Juvenile fiction.
Bards and bardism.
Druids and druidism -- Juvenile fiction.
Druids and druidism.
Saxons -- Juvenile fiction.
Saxons.
Vikings -- Juvenile fiction.
Vikings.
Mythology, Norse -- Juvenile fiction.
Mythology, Norse.
Folklore -- Scotland -- Orkney -- Juvenile fiction.
Folklore.
Scotland -- Orkney.
Mermaids -- Juvenile fiction.
Mermaids.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.
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