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266 pp.
| Scholastic/Orchard |
August, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-439-35224-X$$17.95
(3)
YA
In Norway in the Viking era, Hallgerd is forced to uphold her village's pride when she is captured by the Danes; meanwhile the hunter Gauk gains power in battle after killing the bear that killed his friend. Their two stories come together in this engrossing tale of Norse life, the setting thoroughly inhabited and the episodes arranged and related for maximum tension.