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459 pp.
| Atheneum/Jackson |
September, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-689-86744-1$17.95
(1)
4-6
Drawing upon history, Norse and Celtic myth, and Farmer's own abundant imagination, this story is long but engrossing, a "cruel tale with a merry heart" about a Saxon boy and what befell him upon his and his younger sister's capture by marauding Northmen (and, later, trolls). The book is effectively sparing in its use of fantasy elements, but when Farmer pulls out all the stops, she does so with aplomb and assurance.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2004