The Land of the Silver Apples is a fantasy novel by Nancy Farmer, published in 2007. It is a sequel to The Sea of Trolls, and a sequel, The Islands of the Blessed, is to be published on October 20, 2009.
In this novel, we find Jack back in his village, at the start of the new year. The Bard calls for a "need fire", a ceremony that must be performed by a young girl, to reverse the bad omens of the past year. Lucy, Jack's younger sister, is to be t...
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The Land of the Silver Apples is a fantasy novel by Nancy Farmer, published in 2007. It is a sequel to The Sea of Trolls, and a sequel, The Islands of the Blessed, is to be published on October 20, 2009.
In this novel, we find Jack back in his village, at the start of the new year. The Bard calls for a "need fire", a ceremony that must be performed by a young girl, to reverse the bad omens of the past year. Lucy, Jack's younger sister, is to be the girl, but she breaks the bard's rules and spoils the ritual, renewing the danger to the village.
Jack is kicked out of his house after freeing Pega, a slave, with money he earned but hid from his angry father. He now lives with the Bard. Jack begins training as a bard; however, just when his bardic skills are growing, his mother calls him back home. Lucy, his sister, has become uncontrollable. Because her father has been saying that she is a lost princess, Lucy is acting like one and is treating her parents like peasants. But Father...
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