Neil Gaiman · 2001 · Novel
In this inventive, short, yet perfectly formed novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical trip to the land of giants and gods and back.In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: His father perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy.Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle-three creatures with a strange story to tell.Now Odd is forced on a stranger journey than he had imagined-a journey to save Asgard, city of the gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it.It's going to take a very special kind of twelve-year-old boy to outwit the Frost Giants, restore peace to the city of gods, and end the long winter.Someone cheerful and infuriating and clever . . .Someone just like Odd.
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Tags: FictionGiantsHeroesJuvenile FictionLoki (Norse deity)Norse MythologyOdin (Norse deity)Science FictionThe gates of AsgardThor (Norse deity)needs-reviewno-clear-speculative-idea
isfdb_id: 861067
openlibrary_id: OL679300W
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