The Islands of the Blessed /
Nancy Farmer.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
- 479 p. : map ; 24 cm.
"A Richard Jackson book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-479).
School Library Journal, October 2009 Booklist starred, August 2009 Publisher's Weekly, September 2009 Kirkus Starred, September 2009 Horn Book, April 2010 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2010
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.
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Bards and bardism--Fiction. Druids and druidism--Fiction. Saxons--Fiction. Vikings--Fiction. Norse mythology--Fiction. Folklore--Orkney (Scotland)--Fiction. Mermaids and mermen--Fiction.