Odd and the Frost Giants

by Gaiman, Neil (Author), Helquist, Brett (Illustrator)

Newbery Medalist Gaiman and illustrator Helquist team up for a new fantasy novella in which a young boy must free Asgard--the city of the gods--from the evil Frost Giants. Illustrations.

Age Range: From 8 to 12

Format: Hardcover, 117 pages

Publisher: HarperCollins, October 2009

Product Dimensions: 7.6 L × 5.3 W × 0.6 H

Publisher Marketing: Neil Gaiman takes listeners on a wild and magical trip to the land of giants and gods and back.

In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: His fatehr perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy.

Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle-three creatures with a strange story to tell. Now Odd is forced on a journey to save Asgard, city of the gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it. It's going to take a very special king of twelve-year-old boy to outwit the Frost Giants, restore peace to the city of gods, and end the long winter.

Someone cheerful and infuriating and clever....

Someone just like Odd....

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