| Title | : | The Sea of Trolls (The Sea of Trolls Trilogy) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1481443089 |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-30 |
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“The Sea of Trolls blends ancient history and Norse epics with recognizable bits of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings” (The New York Times).
Jack is kidnapped by berserkers from his Saxon village in the year A.D. 793, an occurrence forewarned by his mentor the Bard. Captured by Viking chief Olaf One-Brow, Jack and his sister, Lucy, are swiftly taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless.
Ivar is married to a half-troll named Frith, an evil and unpredictable queen with a strange power over her husband’s court. Jack mistakenly casts a charm on her—and is banished to the kingdom of the trolls to find the magic that will undo the charm. Accompanied by Thorgill, a shield maiden who wants to be a berserker, and by the mysterious crow called Bold Heart, Jack sets out on a harrowing and exciting quest for the ages.
From National Book Award winner Nancy Farmer, this first book in the Sea of Trolls trilogy is epic fa
Editorial : Three time Newbery honor author Nancy Farmer's epic fantasy, The Sea of Trolls, is gigantic in every way. There are big Vikings and bigger trolls. There are big themes--hope, despair, life and death. At a substantial 450+ pages, the sheer size of this hefty tome is impressive. But, like all of Farmer's fine work, the large scale has room for enormous quantities of heart and humor. At the center of this massive adventure is a small Saxon boy named Jack, who's never been much good at anything until the Bard of his medieval village makes him an apprentice. Then, just as Jack is learning to tap into and control his power, he is kidnapped (along with his little sister, Lucy) and taken to the court of King Ivar the Boneless and his half troll queen Frith. When one of Jack's amateur spells causes the evil queen's beautiful hair to fall out, he is forced to undertake a dangerous quest across the Sea of Trolls to make things right, or suffer the consequences--the sacrifice of his beloved
In fact, for my purposes, I consider this book to be an introduction and general reference to Wedding photography. He talks a lot about the history of ornithology, including some of its most colourful characters (past and present) and in some parts the book is almost a travel diary of his trips to see various birds or habitats, usually in the company of a local expert, all of which are used to illustrate a point about decline. My boyhood impression was of a little Lighthouse Service going into a big Coast Guard. It was just a hard writing way to understand but I still loved it unconditionally!. Animals are such a powerful teacher of empathy that will bleed over into all areas of life.
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Readers, as well as Maggie, learn that she has gone back in time and that, according to the old man at the fair, there is a reason for her being sent 400 years into the past to Scotland--she
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