By Neil Gaiman
ISBN-10: 0061964875
ISBN-13: 9780061964879
during this creative, brief, but completely shaped novel encouraged via conventional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical journey to the land of giants and gods and again.
In a village in historical Norway lives a boy named ordinary, and he's had a few very undesirable success: His father perished in a Viking excursion; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the unending freezing wintry weather is making villagers dangerously grumpy.
Out within the wooded area unusual encounters a undergo, a fox, and an eagle—three creatures with an odd tale to inform.
Now Odd is pressured on a stranger trip than he had imagined—a trip to save lots of Asgard, urban of the gods, from the Frost Giants who've invaded it.
It's going to take a really designated form of twelve-year-old boy to outwit the Frost Giants, restoration peace to town of gods, and finish the lengthy wintry weather.
a person pleased and infuriating and shrewdpermanent . . .
a person similar to extraordinary .
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They may be. I mean, they all said they would…if I did…It’s just that I don’t think that any of them actually expected me to conquer this place, and they all have things to do, farms and houses and children and wives. ” “Lucky them,” said the Frost Giant, darkly. “She’s beautiful. Oh yes. She’s beautiful. ” He shook his head. Icicles fell from his hair and crashed, tinkling, on the rocks beneath. “She’s got a carriage pulled by cats, you know. ” He held up the index finger of his right hand. It was covered in scratches and cuts.
They set off. “I could get very used to travelling by bear,” Odd said. But the bear only grunted. CHAPTER 6 THE GATES OF ASGARD WHERE THE FOREST ENDED, the bear stopped, and Odd climbed off. He put his crutch beneath his armpit, gripped it hard with his right hand. “Right,” he said. “Wish me good luck. ” said the fox. “Then you’re no worse off now than you were before you met me,” said Odd cheerfully. ” “They could eat you,” said the bear. Odd blinked. ” There was a pause. ” The fox coughed. “I wouldn’t worry,” it said.
Odd remembered what he had seen in the pool, the previous night. ” “Ah,” said the Frost Giant. “Um. They may be. I mean, they all said they would…if I did…It’s just that I don’t think that any of them actually expected me to conquer this place, and they all have things to do, farms and houses and children and wives. ” “Lucky them,” said the Frost Giant, darkly. “She’s beautiful. Oh yes. She’s beautiful. ” He shook his head. Icicles fell from his hair and crashed, tinkling, on the rocks beneath.
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