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In other stories, Loki’s deceptions, which cause the initial troubles, would also have solved them, or Thor’s bravery and noble heart would find a way to save the day. They are images and personalities for people to recognize: Loki the Trickster, Thor the Noble Warrior, Odin, distant, aloof, and wise.

The greatest strength of Odd and the Frost Giants is that it does not stand on the strengths of the gods it contains. Equipped with a crutch, his father’s woodcutter’s axe, and a smile that seems to know far too much, Odd assists the gods in their quest to return to Asgard and remove the Frost Giant from the land. Odd returns to his deceased father’s cabin in the woods, where he encounters the gods Odin, Thor, and Loki recently banished from Asgard by a clever Frost Giant. It is the fairly short, straightforward tale of an unlucky 12-year-old Norse boy named Odd, who has a shattered leg but runs away from home, and his abusive stepfather, after an extended, ongoing winter leaves everyone in the village leaner and a fair bit meaner. My local library hosts an annual book sale around this time of year, and I was lucky enough to uncover a copy of Odd and the Frost Giants, complete with beautiful illustrations by Brett Helquist (whose art you might know from A Series of Unfortunate Events). I find his lyrical style and deft weaving together of the magical and the mundane enchanting, while the themes of myth, memory, and storytelling that permeate his work resonate with my personal thoughts and priorities. Neil Gaiman is, enduringly, one of my favorite authors. If you’re interested in buying Odd and the Frost Giants, just click on the image below to go through my link.Genre: Kid’s Fantasy, Norse Gods, Fable, Growing Up I was glad to have something to add to my reading challenge… but other than that, it wasn’t that memorable and I’ll probably forget about it by the very next day. Though it was a quick read, it didn’t really impact me that much. Here are a few of the gorgeous illustrations: Of course, the Goddess Freya saves the day. One of the main reasons I picked this book up was because I wanted to get through a book really quickly and thanks to the gorgeous illustrations, this book flew by. Now our hero must reclaim Thor’s hammer, outwit the frost giants and release the gods. The eagle, bear and fox Odd encounters are Norse gods, trapped in animal form by the evil frost giants who have conquered Asgard, the city of the gods.

Fleeing to the woods, Odd stumbles upon and releases a trapped bear. This tale follows Odd, a young Viking boy, left fatherless following a raid and in his icy, ancient world there is no mercy for an unlucky soul with a crushed foot and no one to protect him.

Odd and the frost giants about the author page