{"product_id":"the-land-of-the-silver-apples-9781416907350","title":"The Land of the Silver Apples","description":"THE CHILDREN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e FROM \u003ci\u003eTHE SEA OF TROLLS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e BRAVE THEIR WORST \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NIGHTMARES -- UNDERGROUND. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen, after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been stolen by the Lady of the Lake; stolen a second time in her young life, as he learns to his terror. Caught between belief in the old gods and Christianity (790 AD, Britain), Jack calls upon his ash wood staff to subdue a passel of unruly monks, and, for his daring, ends up in a knucker hole. It is unforgettable -- for the boy and for readers -- as are the magical reappearance of the berserker Thorgil from a burial by moss; new characters Pega, a slave girl from Jack's village, and the eager-to-marry-her Bugaboo (a hobgoblin king); kelpies; yarthkins; and elves (not the enchanted sprites one would expect but the fallen angels of legend). Rarely does a sequel enlarge so brilliantly the world of the first story. Look for the conclusion in \u003ci\u003eThe Islands of the Blessed\u003c\/i\u003e in 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarmer, Nancy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: \u003ci\u003eThe Ear, the Eye and the Arm\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Girl Named Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Scorpion\u003c\/i\u003e, which also won the National Book Award and the Printz Honor. Other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of Opium\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Trolls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Land of the Silver Apples\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Islands of the Blessed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDo You Know Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Warm Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and now lives with her family in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.","brand":"Atheneum Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860219592978,"sku":"9781416907350","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dcb6852f-876e-4c0b-a8b5-c386c798fbc6.jpg?v=1767779745","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-land-of-the-silver-apples-9781416907350","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}