- Norse Mythology, Druids and Druidism, Bards and bardism, Vikings
Two years after their adventures in The Land of the Silver Apples, the apprentice bard Jack and his Viking companion Thorgil confront the malevolent spirit of a vengeful mermaid and begin a quest that casts them among the fin folk of Notland (present-day Orkney Islands).
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Nancy Farmer
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 479
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416907374
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