The Islands of the Blessed
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With The Islands of the Blessed Nancy Farmer
concludes the series of novels that began with The Sea of Trolls
and continued with The Land of the Silver Apples
. The book was published on October 20th, 2009.
, and Thorgil, the Viking shield maiden, deal with the draugr
, an undead sea creature, who leaves a path of destruction around her in her quest for revenge on Father Severus. Their journey takes them to the mysterious realm of Notland and, ultimately, to the Islands of the Blessed.
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Nancy Farmer (author)
Nancy Farmer is a prominent children's book author from the United States.Farmer was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned her B.A. at Reed College and later studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley...
concludes the series of novels that began with The Sea of Trolls
The Sea of Trolls
The Sea of Trolls is the first volume of a fantasy trilogy by three-time Newbery Honor winning author Nancy Farmer. The second part is The Land of the Silver Apples , and the final volume, The Islands of the Blessed, was published in 2009.-Plot summary:The Sea of Trolls is set in A.D. 793 in...
and continued with The Land of the Silver Apples
The Land of the Silver Apples
The Land of the Silver Apples is a children's fantasy novel by Nancy Farmer, published in 2007. It is a sequel to The Sea of Trolls, and a sequel, The Islands of the Blessed, was published in 2009. The title refers to Elfland.-Plot:...
. The book was published on October 20th, 2009.
Content
Jack, the young Saxon bardBard
In medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland...
, and Thorgil, the Viking shield maiden, deal with the draugr
Draugr
A draugr, draug or draugur , or draugen , also known as aptrgangr is an undead creature from Norse mythology...
, an undead sea creature, who leaves a path of destruction around her in her quest for revenge on Father Severus. Their journey takes them to the mysterious realm of Notland and, ultimately, to the Islands of the Blessed.
Sequel
In her blog Nancy Farmer has talked about a possible sequel but said she is writing a sequel to The House of the ScorpionThe House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion is a science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer. It is about a young boy named Matteo Alacrán who is being raised by a drug lord of the same name, usually referred to by his assumed title "El Patrón" throughout the text. It is a story about the struggle to survive as a free...
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