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The Sea of Trolls Reviewed by James Blasingame, Department of English, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
When Jack, an 11-year-old Saxon boy in first millennium England, and his younger sister, Lucy, are kidnapped by the fearsome Northmen (Vikings), the best future they can hope for appears to be long lives as slaves. When they meet the horrific half-troll/half-human Viking queen, Frith, however, the length of their lives is very much drawn into question. Under the tutelage of a druid wizard (or bard, as they are called in the story), known as Dragon Tongue, Jack has been learning the...
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