{"product_id":"the-land-of-the-silver-apples-9781416907350","title":"The Land of the Silver Apples","description":"THE CHILDREN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e FROM \u003ci\u003eTHE SEA OF TROLLS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e BRAVE THEIR WORST \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NIGHTMARES -- UNDERGROUND. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen, after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been stolen by the Lady of the Lake; stolen a second time in her young life, as he learns to his terror. Caught between belief in the old gods and Christianity (790 AD, Britain), Jack calls upon his ash wood staff to subdue a passel of unruly monks, and, for his daring, ends up in a knucker hole. It is unforgettable -- for the boy and for readers -- as are the magical reappearance of the berserker Thorgil from a burial by moss; new characters Pega, a slave girl from Jack's village, and the eager-to-marry-her Bugaboo (a hobgoblin king); kelpies; yarthkins; and elves (not the enchanted sprites one would expect but the fallen angels of legend). Rarely does a sequel enlarge so brilliantly the world of the first story. Look for the conclusion in \u003ci\u003eThe Islands of the Blessed\u003c\/i\u003e in 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416907350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.28w x 1.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Cybils - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 663\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2007 pg. 253 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2007 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/30\/2007 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2007 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 82 - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Youth\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2008 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e117964 \/ Land of the Silver Apples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nancy Farmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174032830645,"sku":"9781416907350","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_370b7b67-2428-49d7-a939-15b66b163f96.jpg?v=1716300079","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-land-of-the-silver-apples-9781416907350","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}