Be Specific About Books During The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls #1)
| Original Title: | The Sea of Trolls |
| ISBN: | 0689867468 (ISBN13: 9780689867460) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sea of Trolls #1 |
| Characters: | Jack Tenpenny |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2005), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2006), Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (2005), James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List (2004), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2007) |
Nancy Farmer
Paperback | Pages: 459 pages Rating: 4.01 | 14424 Users | 1044 Reviews
Particularize Appertaining To Books The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls #1)
| Title | : | The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls #1) |
| Author | : | Nancy Farmer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 459 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2006 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (first published January 28th 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Mythology. Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure. Fiction |
Chronicle Toward Books The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls #1)
The year is A.D. 793; Jack and his sister have been kidnapped by Vikings and taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless and his terrifying half-troll wife; but things get even worse when Jack finds himself on a dangerous quest to find the magical Mimir's Well in a far-off land, with his sister's life forfeit if he fails.Other threats include a willful mother Dragon, a giant spider, and a troll-boar with a surprising personality -- to say nothing of Ivar the Boneless and his wife, Queen Frith, a shape-shifting half-troll, and several eight foot tall, orange-haired, full-time trolls. But in stories by award-winner Nancy Farmer, appearances do deceive. She has never told a richer, funnier tale, nor offered more timeless encouragement to young seekers than "Just say no to pillaging."
Rating Appertaining To Books The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls #1)
Ratings: 4.01 From 14424 Users | 1044 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls #1)
I read the Sea of Trolls for the first time in grade six, soo probably 2005/2006. I came across it by way of my school librarian to whom I had been complaining that I had been having trouble finding YA novels that appealed to me after falling in love with adult writers (my teachers very much disapproved of my choice of novels for silent reading, what they had against people like Brenda joyce and Dean Kootnz is beyond me, I guess they never read good horror or historical romance.) My librarianThe basis for the Celtic mythological worldview is that there is a separate world from ours, parallel and magical, that can be reached through certain states of mind, interactions with magical creatures, or portals. And the basic hero myth of all cultures starts with a mundane reality (almost always with a farm boy), a journey to a strange new land, magical talismans, and the return home. This book takes the hero myth and the parallel world myth, blends it together with a veneer of historical
I loved reading this book - epic adventure, full of all the traditional elements of a good fantasy: trolls, dragons, warriors, bards, and magic. But the adventure is made better by the complexity of the characters. There are no clear-cut lines between good and evil in this book - only characters that are very human in their imperfection. I think this book does a good job of pushing young readers to think about cultural relativism - or at least introduce them to the concept. I was annoyed by the
Time for even more escapist fiction. For this we're back in the early Dark Age. Middle Earth, Beowulf, Berserkers etc. Will get more into it tonight.So far, so good, but the adventurin' hasn't really started yet. The oh-so-typical mentor/teacher/wizard - student thing is happening, of course, and reminds one of The Wizard of Earthsea, and many others.Moving along now in this entertaining book. Jack's quest will end soon and the book with it. The book SERIES, however will go onward. Whether or
Although a long read, this a great book to read aloud because it appeals to people of all ages. Tempting to "buffer" between sessions together though! We all caught one another buffering when we read this book together. ;) Lots of primary school kids have borrowed our copy and it has gone to many read-ins. There is something about Nancy Farmer's style and the way the action keeps on coming and the characters keep on developing that makes this book a page turner. The House of the Scorpion and The
I don't think I would have ever picked this book up - simply because of its title. I know that's a little shallow, but to me trolls spell BIG, UGLY, and HAIRY. Ugh. Although they are all of these things in Farmer's Sea of Trolls, the story beautifully weaves Nordic mythology with fictionalized history in this tale of adventure. It takes place in Anglo-Saxon Europe, where the Vikings (known in the book only as really large Northmen with a thirst for booty and plunder topped with wild red hair)
I thought I would adore this series. I love historical fiction; I love middle grade/YA books; I love Norse mythology; I love books about the British Isles and about folklore, so I doubly love books about British folklore. And this series had it all. I thought that this one would be one of those series that I would check out from the library and love so much that I'd run to the bookstore and buy my own copies. And then I read the trilogy and it was . . . nice. It was fun. But it wasn't great.Each
0 Comments