And Then I Read: THE SEA OF TROLLS

© Nancy Farmer, illustration © Tim O'Brien.

This is the third book I've read by Farmer, and all have been excellent. Each has been very different from the others, with the first, "The Ear, the Eye and the Arm" being science fiction, the second, "A Girl Named Disaster," more of an adventure story in Africa. This one is a mix of high fantasy and history, taking place in the year 793 AD on the coasts of England and Norway (the historic part) and the fabled lands of Norse mythology (the fantasy...