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272 pp.
| Farrar |
October, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-374-37363-9$$18.00
(2)
4-6
Sutcliff's admirers will rejoice at the posthumous publication of a novel about a young Viking warrior. Bjarni Sigurdson is barely sixteen when he is banished from his settlement on the west coast of Scotland for accidentally killing a man. Sutcliff's careful handling of how a young man deals with the difficult choices that lead to maturity is nothing short of masterly. An unexpected and most welcome gift.
Reviewer: Ann A. Flowers
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 1998