Viking Pride (The Viking Saga, Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142500291 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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The moment he picks it up, Zack find himself in another world, another time, and on an adventure he never bargained for.. When Zack is nominated vice president in charge of bratwurst by his dad's football cronies, he grudgingly sets out on a food run, only to find himself caught in a freak snowstorm. It starts out as an ordinary day at the Minnesota Metrodome. Zack loses his sense of direction and literally stumbles upon a strange key-like object. The other problem is, he's six-foot-three, weighs 250 pounds, and his dad sees him as the next Vikings football MVP. Fourteen-year-old Zack Gilman is not what you'd call a happy kid. The mild-mannered son of the world's biggest Minnesota Vikings fan, he is doomed to spend his days being dragged to football games, where he's forced to sing fight songs and make bratwurst runs for his dad's boisterous posse. The problem is, Zack hates all organized sports
The Reviewer Formerly Known as Kurt Johnson said A really fun book. High school freshman, Zack Gilman, is so unhappy with his life – he can’t bring himself to talk to the girl of his dreams, the school bully is out to make his life hell, and his father and his hyper-Minnesota Viking-fan friends are enough to embarrass Zack to death! However, when Zack passes through a magical snowfall, he suddenly finds himself in another world, like 9th century Scandinavia, but complete with magic. And, to make ma. "A sense of humor" according to W. J. Peckham. I agree with Kurt's review but I would also add that there is a light touch to this adventure. Zack does not take himself too seriously. He is a likable hero, as are his cohorts. This is a nice touch, when the shelves of young adult fiction are swollen with depressing coming of age stories with questionable lessons to be learned and more than enough male-bashing.
He lives and writes in Vermont.. Chris Tebbetts is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of James Patterson's Middle School series. Originally from Yellow Springs, Ohio, Tebbetts is a graduate of Northwestern University
The humor and content put it out of the range of elementary-grade children, yet it is not sophisticated enough for teens.Elizabeth Fernandez, Brunswick Middle School, Greenwich, CTCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. He discovers that he is the Lost Boy, and the only person who can unlock Yggdrasil's Chest and release its contents-the rusty object turns out to be the key. From School Library Journal Grade 4-8-Zack Gilman is a six-foot-three, otherwise unremarkable high school freshman whose mother died when he was five. His father is a fanatical Minnes