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Sometimes magic doesn't always do what one intends...especially when one is a bard-in-training.�� A New York Times bestseller.
- Sales Rank: #134565 in Books
- Brand: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published on: 2009-08-25
- Released on: 2009-08-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.30" w x 5.50" l, .90 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 528 pages
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*Starred Review* Safely returned from his perilous stint among Northmen, 12-year-old Jack reflects, "That's the nature of adventures. . . . They're nasty while they're happening and only fun later." For readers, though, there's satisfaction in both the nasty and the fun, and this sequel to The Sea of Trolls (2004) offers full measures of both.�After Jack learns that his often-bratty little sis is�a changeling (and that his real sister likely dwells with hobgoblins), a�misguided exorcism results in Lucy's disappearance. Then the�young bard must descend into the out-of-time Land of the Silver Apples to�retrieve both of his lost siblings. In that richly imagined realm, surprises include a reunion with shield-maiden Thorgil as well as�creatures whose appearances deceive—shape-shifting knuckers; hideous yet�likable hobgoblins; and�lovely, soulless elves, whose inability to grow or age tinges their existence with tragedy. Occasionally, one wishes for a greater range of emotional tone to the predicaments, which plunge Jack into deep despair perhaps too consistently, but Farmer beautifully�balances pell-mell action and quieter thematic points, especially the drawbacks of immortality and the wild tangle of Christian and pagan�traditions in eighth-century Britain. Like the druidic life force�Jack�taps, this hearty adventure, as personal as it is epic, will cradle�readers in the "hollow of its hand." Mattson, Jennifer
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"Jack, Pega, and Thorgil prove strong and capable in ways they themselves never suspected, and readers will look forward to the final installment." -- "Kirkus Reviews", Starred Review
About the Author
Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which also won the National Book Award and the Printz Honor. Other books include The Lord of Opium, The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, The Islands of the Blessed, Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, 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.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
So many myths!
By Elizabeth M. Cullen
More adventures with Jack and The Bard, Dragon Tongue. A few old friends, some new ones, ancient Celtic and Nordic gods mixed with early Christian beliefs, elves, and some magical creatures along with Jack's growing sense of responsibility for his own responses add up to great suspense and realizations. Never a boring scene.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES is less humorous and more fanciful than its predecessor
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Jack is an apprentice bard who is recently returned to his village after his adventures as a Viking captive. His village, having endured a difficult year, has decided to participate in a need-fire ceremony. All the fires in the village are extinguished and then restarted with new flame kindled from two logs rubbed against each other. This is done so that the misfortunes of the past do not linger into the new year.
The ceremony goes awry when Jack's sister Lucy introduces a metal necklace into the ritual. Metal, the village's Bard warns, cannot be used in these kinds of ceremonies because one can never tell where it's been. If metal has been used as a weapon or for some other evil purpose, it perverts the life force. Believing Lucy has been possessed by an evil spirit, a group of villagers takes her to the nearby Saint Fillian's well, which is believed to cure people of possession.
What they find there shocks and horrifies Jack, who inadvertently offends the spirit of the place. He accidentally causes an earthquake and all the water in the surrounding area to disappear. It is finally decided that Jack and the other young companions --- Lucy; Pega, a freed slave so ugly people believe she is cursed; and Brutus, a charismatic descendent of Lancelot -- should travel the Hollow Road to the realm of the elves and request the water's return.
Children, the Bard explains, are young enough to resist the lure of elves. "'It's a curious thing, but this is one area where children are stronger than adults,'" he says. '"They aren't as easily taken in by illusions, and elves above all else, are masters of illusion.'"
THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES is not the first book to set children on a perilous journey underground. The companions entertain themselves, Tolkien-style, with riddles, stories and songs. Like the children in C.S. Lewis's subterranean adventure THE SILVER CHAIR, they must bolster their memories of the world above ground to survive in a place without sun. Their descent into darkness brings them into the realm of all manner of magical creatures. In addition to the elves, there are the knuckers, kelpies, hobgoblins and the mysterious yarthkins. They also encounter several other humans along the Hollow Road, including the severe yet pious Father Severus, and Thorgil, the shield maiden from THE SEA OF TROLLS who is separated from the rest of her raiding party.
The success of Harry Potter has created a renaissance in children's fantasy. Faerie has been an especially popular theme often featuring stories about romances between worlds. Farmer sticks with the medieval construct of elves as fallen angels, not damned to hell, but without souls. As the beings who would not choose sides in Lucifer's war with Heaven, they must earn their souls to get another chance at paradise. Their immortality and lack of compassion make them cruel and fickle beings. They are vain, easily bored and difficult to please.
Farmer uses the conflict with the elves to explore different cosmologies. Jack comes from a druidic-pagan tradition and is dedicated to the life force. Thorgil is the sole representative of the Norse viewpoint in this book, with its emphasis on bravery and infamy. They are joined by Father Severus, a severe but well-meaning monk, who is a devout Christian. Much of the humor here comes from the different characters responding to situations according to their faith. It is also notable that they must use the strengths of all their different faiths to work together and overcome challenges. Jack's approach is primarily intuitive, Thorgil's unflinchingly courageous, and Father Severus introduces an element of discipline that the children need to complete their mission.
THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES is less humorous and more fanciful than its predecessor. It easily can be read as a stand-alone title, but readers of the first book will miss Olaf One-Brow, the fierce and vigorous Northman from THE SEA OF TROLLS. What transpires underground involves several great sacrifices. While the companions escape relatively unscathed, it is certain that a great shift in their world is taking place, one that will be revealed in the final book in the series, THE ISLANDS OF THE BLESSED, expected out in 2009.
Nancy Farmer is a phenomenal author for young people. Her work has an ambitious reach far beyond what many adults would expect children to grasp. While she can be read and appreciated by fans of traditional fantasy, her work has a breadth and depth that goes far beyond most invented worlds into the history of human belief. Like her previous book in the series, Farmer put extensive research into THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES and includes a bibliography at the end of the book. Her work focuses on an interfaith or intercultural approach to conflict. It features many layers of ambiguous powers working together to attain the most harmonious results. At a time when the newspapers contain many religious and ethnic conflicts, work like Farmer's is essential to understanding our histories, imagining new realities and engaging with the inner workings of the human heart.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
The rare, wonderful middle book.
By C. Mangone
I love this woman. I love every single thing she's written, albeit some more than others, so I am admittedly very biased when it comes to her works.
The book takes place after The Sea of Trolls when, among other things, Jack's sister Lucy is taken by elves and he has to travel underground to their lands to get her back.
The Land of the Silver Apples is such a good middle book. The story moves along at a great pace, and not once did I want to put it down. She has a delicate touch with the religious issues inherent in writing in this time period (Christian vs. Druidic vs. Nordic), and writes each in such a way that none of them are put down. It's quite lovely to not have to put up with an author hammering their beliefs down my throat.
I also adored her take on elves. I've never seen anything like it. Very refreshing and original, things quite lacking in the general portrayal of elves.
All her vivid, distinct characters are what really what give this book it's umph, though. Jack has matured, though he still has a lot of growing up to do, and seeing the great variety of characters through is alternately wise, sympathetic, jealous, and juvenile-ly hateful perspectives is just wonderful. A great amount of the cast from the Sea of Trolls returns, and the new additions to the cast are fully-fleshed and original.
The only disappointment I had was that there wasn't a greater role for the Picts. Or, rather, the Pictish Beast. ...it just seemed odd that one of the chapter headers was a Pictish Beast, it's mentioned once in a chapter, it's in the glossary, but... there's nothing else on it. Well, I guess it's such an indistinct beastie that I can say I wouldn't have wanted to tackle it myself.
All in all, another amazing book from an amazing author. I'm waiting on the edge of my seat for the next book!
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