Shiva's Challenge: An Adventure of the Ice Age [Hardcover]

J. H. Brennan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1992 | Age Level: 10 and up

Fourteen-year-old Shiva submits to an ordeal in the frozen wasteland north of her tribe's camp, to test her potential for becoming shaman for the Shingu people. Sequel to "Shiva" and "Shiva Accused."

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8-- This third book about Shiva includes three parallel adventures of challenge and choice. The title character is commanded to drink from one of six bowls--the traditional ``ordeal of poison'' that is the first test for those chosen to be trained as Crones. She later wakens from a drugged sleep in the ice-bound, frozen wasteland known as ``Mamar's Kingdom,'' and she must find her way home . At the same time, in the hidden forests, Thag, tribal leader of the Ogres (i.e. Neanderthal), has been challenged by Shil, who unfairly defeats him in battle and banishes the badly injured man, forcing him into the frozen forests alone. In a third story, Shiva's friend Hiram has discovered that she has been taken north, and ventures into the forest in search of the Ogres to enlist the aid of Heft, whose abilities as a tracker are legendary. As Shiva struggles, using all her skills to find her way across unknown territory, Thag is being tracked through the forest by Shil's friends, determined that he shall die. Eventually all three threads and characters come together. At the end, leadership of both tribes passes to the young people who have already learned from one another and made the first steps to friendship--leaving room for further adventures. Readers unfamiliar with the series might have trouble following the parallel plots and identifying characters, but the story moves with a compelling force and there's a strong sense of the dangers to be faced during the long winters. This is a good addition to the series and is recommended where the earlier books are popular. --Eleanor K. MacDonald, Beverly Hills Public Library
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 209 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books; 1st edition (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060208252
• ISBN-13: 978-0060208257
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,189,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfull!, March 25, 2000

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This review is from: Shiva's Challenge: An Adventure of the Ice Age (Hardcover)

I loved it! I had read Shiva Accused and I'm trying to get the book Shiva, but I absolutely loved this book. It's a real buy. The fact that the village is being run by woment is probably the best part. I just really think that this book deserves a chance by readers.