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The Land of the Silver Apples (Sea of Trolls, Bk 2)
The Land of the Silver Apples - Sea of Trolls, Bk 2 Author:Nancy Farmer 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 ... more »to subdue a passel of unruly monks, and, for his daring, ends up in a knucker hole. It is unforgettable for the boy as is 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). Look for the conclusion in the next book of the series, The Islands of the Blessed.« less
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