Nutmeg Book Award
2008 · Teen · Nominee
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Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. "It seems that things are stirring across the water," the Bard had warned. "Ships are being built, swords are being forged."
"Is that bad?" Jack had asked, for his Saxon village had never before seen berserkers.
"Of course. People don't make ships and swords unless they intend to use them."
The year is A.D. 793. In the next months, Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up into an adventure-quest in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings.
Other threats include a willful mother Dragon, a giant spider, and a troll-boar with a surprising personality—to say nothing of !war the Boneless and his wife, Queen Frith, a shape-shifting half-troll, and several eight-feet-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."
"Is that bad?" Jack had asked, for his Saxon village had never before seen berserkers.
"Of course. People don't make ships and swords unless they intend to use them."
The year is A.D. 793. In the next months, Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up into an adventure-quest in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings.
Other threats include a willful mother Dragon, a giant spider, and a troll-boar with a surprising personality—to say nothing of !war the Boneless and his wife, Queen Frith, a shape-shifting half-troll, and several eight-feet-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."
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Iowa Teen Award
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2007 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2007 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2007 · Junior Book · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2007 · Middle School · Winner
Young Hoosier Book Award
2007 · Middle Grades · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2007 · Intermediate/Grades 7-9 · Nominee
Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
2006 · Juvenile · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2006 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
2005 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
Great Stone Face Book Award
2005 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2005 · Young Adult · Commended
Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007)
2004 · Gold · Winner
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