He's able to take Norse mythology and bring it to a modern-day telling without losing any of the magic associated with it and yet making it accessible to all ages. This book is a wonderful coming-of-age tale told in Gaiman's unique storytelling. Neil Gaiman is the author of many highly acclaimed and award-winning books for children and adults, including the New York Times bestsellers Coraline and The Graveyard Book.

As such, Odd decides to run away to his father's old hut out in the woods, but when he gets there, he encounters a bear, an eagle and a fox who have the ability to talk! Odd soon discovers these creatures are more than what they seem, and he is swept away on a magical journey to Asgard where he must defeat the Frost Giants or leave Midgard to suffer an eternal winter. An injury to his leg prohibits him from going on a long journey - something most male vikings do - and his stepfather doesn't like him very much. But when Odd flees to the woods and releases a trapped bear, his luck begins to change. Odd and the Frost Giants is a coming of age story about a young boy faced with the loss of his father compounded by physical deformity-Odd demonstrates courage. In this book, young Odd is a Viking out of sorts with his people. He lost his father on a Viking expedition, his foot was crushed beneath a tree and the winter seems to be going on forever. Anything I can listen to read by him is always a treat. (Sept.I did this book as an Audible book simply because Neil Gaiman narrates it. , this enjoyable story should appeal to Gaiman's younger fans. Ahead lies a thrilling, chilly, magical adventure written by Newbery and Carnegie Medal winner Neil Gaiman, with ravishing. The gods and the giant, though powerful, come across as self-involved and vaguely simpleminded, clearly in need of a resourceful young fellow like Odd to help set things straight.

She shouts louder than a giantess when she's angry. Showing great ingenuity, Odd figures out how to reach Asgard and then convinces the Frost Giant that ruling Asgard isn't so great (after all, admits the giant, his prize, the beautiful goddess Freya, “only comes up to the top of my foot. Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless following a raid. The gods, having previously tricked and bested the Frost Giants, are now receiving some of their own medicine. Odd befriends the Norse gods Odin, Thor and Loki, who have been transformed into animals and exiled from Asgard. ) introduces Odd, a boy with an injured leg whose Viking father died at sea. In this simple but well-done tale, Newbery Medal–winner Gaiman ( The Graveyard Book The thrilling, wintry Nordic tale by Neil Gaiman, who weaves a magical story of legend and adventure that will enchant readers from.

Odd and the frost giants by neil gaiman