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French, Jackie

Rover

283 pp. | HarperCollins | March, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-085078-4 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-085079-1 $17.89
(4) 4-6 The history of Vikings reaching North America comes to life in this well-researched tale. Young Hekja rescues the eponymous dog. Rover and Hekja are then enslaved by Vikings and end up on a ship with Freydis Eriksdöttir--sister of Leif Eriksson. This is really Freydis's story, so the pup--and Hekja--seem almost incidental at times. Occasional footnotes are informative but distracting.
Reviewer: Karen Watts

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