The Feathered Cloak (Trilogy of the Tree) [Paperback]

Sean Dixon (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Trilogy of the Tree

When 11-year-old Freya meets Morton — a peregrine falcon who has been stripped of his feathers — in the woods near her home, she has no idea what to make of him. What has happened to this poor creature, and what force has made him cross her path? Before long, Freya and Morton have embarked on an adventure that will take her far from her goatherd father’s small house. As the often bad-tempered girl and the once-majestic bird begin to form an unlikely bond, they find themselves at the center of a battlefield — one that pits old against new, god against mortal, peace against war, pagan against Christian, and brother against brother. Is this the end for the race of Norse gods and goddesses, and the Vikings who fight in their shadows? Or simply the beginning of a bigger story? In The Feathered Cloak, Sean Dixon conjures up a time part real and part imagined, weaving myth and history into a riveting saga for young readers.

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About the Author

SEAN DIXON is the author of several plays, including Billy Nothin', Aerwacol, The Painting and an adaptation of The White Bone, Barbara Gowdy's novel about a community of elephants. His first novel, The Girls Who Saw Everything (aka The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal in the UK and the US), was chosen by Quill & Quire as one of the top books of 2007.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Key Porter Books; First Trade Paper Edition edition (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1554701198
• ISBN-13: 978-1554701193
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,951,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Literature > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths > Norse