Title:
The Islands of the Blessed
JLCTITLE245:
Nancy Farmer.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Physical Description:
479 p. : map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781416907374
9781416907381
9781439160473
Series:
General Note:
"A Richard Jackson book."
Sequel to: The Land of the Silver Apples.
Abstract:
Two years after their adventures in The Land of the Silver Apples, the apprentice bard Jack and his Viking companion Thorgil confront the malevolent spirit of a vengeful mermaid and begin a quest that casts them among the fin folk of Notland.
Reading Level:
Ages 10-14.
Middle School
730 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 5.4
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.4 17 Quiz 133780 English fiction.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-479).
Subject Term:
Contents:
Gathering storm -- Wild hunt -- Hazel wood -- Seafarer -- Scream in the dark -- Fair lamenting -- Mermaid -- Draugr -- Plea for justice -- Hobgoblins arrive -- Hazel comes home -- Tanner brats -- Paths open -- Schlaup -- All aboard -- Love story -- Pink palace -- Pangur ban -- Find tanners -- Quest -- Ethne's cell -- Schlaup's betrothal -- Sacrificial stone -- Bjorn skull-splitter -- Princess Thorgil -- Hogboon -- Escape plans -- Full moon -- Dead wall -- Water of life -- Voyage to Notland -- Fin folk -- City under the sea -- Shoney's feast -- Draugr's tomb -- Life for a life -- Grim's Island -- St. Columba's Cave -- Odin -- Joyful reunion -- Rescue -- Flying venom -- Sister Wulfhilda -- Rune of protection -- Departure -- Thorgil silver-hand -- Islands of the Blessed -- Appendix -- Carnyx -- Father Severus -- Fin folk -- Flying venom -- Lorica -- Mermaids -- St. Columba -- Seafarer -- Sources.