The sword of summer / Rick Riordan.
"Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about. When Magnus tries to outmaneuver his uncle, he falls right into his clutches. Randolph starts rambling about Norse history and Magnus's birthright: a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. The more Randolph talks, the more puzzle pieces fall into place. Stories about the gods of Asgard, wolves, and Doomsday bubble up from Magnus's memory. But he doesn't have time to consider it all before a fire giant attacks the city, forcing him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents. . . .Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die." --Goodreads.com.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781410483164
- ISBN: 1410483169
- Physical Description: 697 pages (large print) : illustrations ;.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Thorndike Press Large Print The Literacy Bridge"--Copyright page. Originally published in a slightly different form in Los Angeles by Disney Hyperion in 2015. |
Target Audience Note: | 630L Lexile Decoding demand: 98 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 88 (very high) Structure demand: 89 (very high) Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 18 177142. Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.8 17 177142. |
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Subject: | Mythology, Norse > Juvenile fiction. Homelessness > Juvenile fiction. Uncles > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Large print books. Mythological fiction. Illustrated works. Novels. Fantasy fiction. Action and adventure fiction. |
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Summary
The Sword of Summer
The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus. My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. Nothing normal about that. And it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can't find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom.