The Sea of Trolls

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 that follows 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 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."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: 09/01/2004
ISBN: 9780689867446
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.69lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.30w x 1.56d
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Honor Book
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Great Stone Face Book Award - Nominee
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/19/2004 pg. 162
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2004 pg. 913
Kliatt 09/01/2004 pg. 8
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2004 pg. 313
School Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 163
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2004 pg. 706
Booklist 11/01/2004 pg. 475
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2004 pg. 119 - Book Of Special Distinction
Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2004 pg. 1144
Kirkus Best Books 12/15/2004 pg. 1
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2004 pg. 44
ALA Best Books Young Adults 02/15/2005 pg. 1007
ALA Notable Children's Books 02/15/2005 pg. 1020
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 74 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 56

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 81202 / Sea of Trolls
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 16