The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls Trilogy Series #1)

The Sea of Trolls: The ride of your life!!!!!!!!!

This story is set up in an Anglo Saxon Village. The main character, is a boy named jack along with his sister Lucy and his parents. Jack had no special traits until he became the bards apprentice. He started to understand the world and was forced to use the force around him. Magic and powers enhance the adventures of the book. The village gets raided by the Vikings or berserkers and Jack and Lucy get captured, and thats where it all begins. The leader of the berserkers Olaf- One Brow is very manipulative and is one of the most important characters in the story. It is a story of adventure. The descriptions of the settings are vibrant and colorful. Nancy Farmer has a slow pace in the first chapters but goes much faster after. You get some history mixed with a lot of fantasy.

As the story continues, you get to go through many challenging events, many of them life or death. The flow of this book is easy and comfortable. If you get any vocabulery word you don't understand it will probably see it is a word from way back history in the times of the vikings. Many 10 year olds can fly through this book even though it is about 500 pages long. This book joins the theme of friendship and courage. Friendship in a way because Jack notices that the enemy's are not as bad as he thought. You will find it interesting to read about trolls and dragons. It takes you back to Norse mythology.

Nancy Farmer opens a world of imagination and of missions that have to be accomplished. I recommend it to any reader out there with an imagination. It combines past traditions with a magical touch. You will also see some religion (christianity) here, mostly for hope. The Sea of Trolls is worth reading and will take you through a mystical journey of magic and belief.

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check out this boook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Book title and author: THE SEA OF TROLLS, Nancy farmer
Title of review: THE SEA OF TROLLS
Number of stars (1 to 5):10
Do you like books? How about barbarians? Magic, magicians? Well the book for you is THE SEA OF TROLLS!!! This is a grate book about mythical beings, Norns, trolls (duh), barbarians, dragons and more.
The best author of all time is Nancy Famer. She is so descriptive with detail it is crazy. You are their watching it happen if you read one of her books. The characters of the story are Jack, Olaf, Thorgil, Jacks sister Lucy, and more people. This book is fiction the best type of books because any thing can happen and the reader won¿t know it. This is a kind of fantasy, action, epic, funny, sad, type of stories all combined.This story takes place during the Black Death era you know like knights and other stuff like that. So that¿s what I meant by barbarians and magicians. Castles, kings, queens, and horses the olden days. That¿s what I like old time books and swords.
This story takes place during the Black Death era you know like knights and other stuff like that. So that¿s what I meant by barbarians and magicians. Castles, kings, queens, and horses the olden days. That¿s what I like old time books and swords.
This story revolves around one person, Jack he is a hard working boy who just doesn¿t want any thing special but to go to the land of silver apples and be with histories heroes and the great people. One day Jack and Lucy his sister are walking down the street when a fog comes in then they get lost hiding because they hear voices of people that they know don¿t live there
This is a great book I think you will all like it.

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Need-to-read

The only way you can find the biggest amount of joy in this book like I did, is if you are interested in Norse Mythology. This book is wonderful, with some very unexpected twists. I would recommend this to anyone interested in Mythology. This is a need-to-read for everyone going into middle school, it just is that age range. Please read.

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Great Book!

I personally enjoyed this book from beginning to end. It kept me interested and I really got into the story. I liked the characters and their personalities. The plot was well put together and interesting. I recamend this book to anyone interested in fantacy and adventure stories

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You Will Not Want to put it Down!

The first word that comes to mind when I think of this book is enchanting. Througout the well thought out plot lies a cast of creative characters, suspense, excitment and thrill. You will not be able to put this book down once you begin. Nancy Farmer is an excellent authour who words everything perfectly and keeps the readers attached. A good author can make a person feel any way, and that is exactly what Nancy Farmer did with 'The Sea of Trolls'. Bravo Nancy Farmer, BRavo. I look forward to more books by you.

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!!!!READ THIS!!!!

¿Just say no to pillaging!¿ And trolls. And giant fire-breathing dragons that want to kill you. In Nancy Farmer¿s book, The Sea of Trolls, Jack is a farmer boy in a village. He has a normal life. He works on his dad¿s farm all day. One day, he is bringing food to the Bard'wizard'. The Bard invites him to lunch in the afternoon. When Jack shows up, he is proposed an apprenticeship to the Bard! Jack accepts. During his first few days at there, he has some fun experiences with the Bard. They cook food, tell stories, and the Bard nearly killed Jack while he was using magic,by mistake, of course'. Now you might think that Jack wouldn¿t like the last thing a lot, but he is thrilled by the thought that he will be able to do that level of magic one day. About a year later, half-men/half-wolf people come and steal Jack and his sister. Now he must go on an adventure to another world to get back home. When I read this book, I almost never put down until I was finished. It completely captivated me. The book was full with cliffhangers from the first page to the last page. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good fiction book or a book with a very good storyline. If you liked this book you might also like the sequel to the book, The Land of The Silver Apples. The third book, The Islands of the Blessed, is scheduled for a 2009 release.

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ultimate fantasy

I recommend this book to many people because it¿s a fantasy/medieval novel. It has trolls, people, ogres, and other fantasy creatures. There are swords, bows, and daggers. The characters are back in the day when there was no electricity or running water it¿s probably around the Roman times. It¿s a very interesting book because it creates great suspense. It¿s a long book, but it¿s so interesting, by the time you finish it, you wish it wasn¿t over you just want it to go on forever and ever.

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FANTASY

Lalalalalalala

Amazing book!

Having read this book in 6th grade i never understood it fully. The book was forced on me by my inglish teacher. Now when i look back at it i am amazed this book has to be my favorite of all time! When i read it again i could not put it down. Im so excited for the next book!

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GREAT BOOK

This was a n amazing book!!!!! I would recommend it to people who like fantasy adventures.

Quite the Adventure!

Nancy Farmer does a great job putting together an adventure story with true facts. I enjoyed this book a lot. I think it's best for preteen ages, simply because of the level of reading difficulty and content. It's a great read and I look forward to reading the other books of the trilogy.

AMAZING!

This book is really good. In the beginning it was a little slow but ut quickly picked up the pace. Soon i was unable to put it down. This book had some very ammotional parts but for the most part it was really good. This book would be good for tweens or young audlts because younger kids would quickly get bored by it. If you are looking for a thrilling book you should most defenitly get this book.

Awesome book!

Great book for anyone who likes fantasy adventures! ILOVED it!

Horrible and Original

Like so many other wizard stories nowadays, this book just didn't have that spark. Sorry to damper the mood but I just couldn't get into it. My advice to the author, try and come up with something new. And write from your heart, let the reader see what you see and describe. Keep writing!

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the sea of trolls

it was adventurous and once you thought 'there couldnt be anything more exiting thann this'...... there was!

The Sea of Trolls

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Have you ever dreamed of being in a great, exciting adventure that you always thought it will never come true? An average, eleven year old Jack, son of a farmer who lives in a wonderful village comes upon an extraordinary adventure. The village was too magnificent to last forever, so it caught destruction. "-like all beautiful things, it attracted destruction," said Bard. His peaceful life ends when he becomes a bard, gets captured by savage berserkers with his troublesome sister, Lucy, and experiences many more surprising events. He even meets half trolls, dragons, queens, lunatics, and many more monstrous characters as he continue on with his adventure .He finds that the world is a whole new place a s he opens his eyes and discover new things. Will Jack and his sister's life ever become normal again? This is a fun fantasy novel that I will recommend many readers who are interested in reading about great expedition, mythical creatures, and legends.

Good Book!

This book was really good. It kept me absorbed. Me and my friend raced to see who could finish this frist. ( I won ) I read it in 3 days. I really liked the story. I am into all the magic, fantasy kind of stuff. So this book. Was really good. I liked all the troll parts. This book was very good. If you like books that have a great story, a little religion (christianity, magic, and fantasy, then this is the book for you! I also recomend the Warrior series, the Inkheart triology, and Harry Potter series.

Hated it.

This book was constantly being sold at book fairs and such, and I decided to buy it...because it looked promising.

I, personally, hated it. It sounded like a fourth grader wrote it, and that's the kind of group that it should be aiming at. Unfortunatly, it is a very long book, and kids that age usually don't have that long of an attention span.

I don't recommend this book. But for those parents who have small children who want something mindless to read, then maybe it is a good book for you.

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this book was very entertaining

the book sea of trolls was about a boy who trains to be a bard, a wizard type person and his trainer becomes brain dead and the boy is captured by berserkers, normal people then when they drink a potion they go berserk and they have no feelings, becomes a slave, and has to go to a place called mirmirs well to save the life of his younger sister, who was also captured. they, him and a sheild maiden Thorgil, meet trolls and other creatures on the way. this is a thrilling book packed with loads of adventure. my favorite part of the book was when they battled the troll bear, because in the troll world things are bigger and we are weaker, and a very important character dies. then you learn that he was no savage, he was a hero. this was a great book and i recommend it to you. KEH

This book is so awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Book ROCKS!!!! You need to read this book. Ok the title might be weird and 'diffrent' but this is an amazing book. Its wonderfully written and I coudn't put it down!!!! It might take a little while to get into but its really good. PLEASE READ IT!!!!!!