Captured by the Vikings

English (translated from Norwegian). 160 p.; 21 cm.

Though from a school library, has only mild shelfwear and sticker residue on covers and some unobtrusive library markings to title page, but otherwise internally Fine.

From the back cover:

Reim and his sister, Tir, are slaves to a mighty earl in tenth-century Norway. Their existence is a bitter and harsh one, with little respite from the toil and pain that pervades each day. But the children remember happier times in Ireland where they lived as Patric and Sunniva—before the Viking warriors raided their village and captured them. Proud and strong in spirit, Reim and Tir live for the day they can return to their homeland. But as days pass into months, their chances of escape.' seem very slim indeed.

Torill Thorstad Hauger, born in 1943, has studied Norse archaeology at the Oslo University and worked at the Historic Museum. She made her literary debut in 1976 and is a very popular author in Norway. She has received various literary awards for her work, including The Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Literary Prize 1980, as well as the Norwegian Literary Critics' Prize 1980 for A Ship Arrived..., and the Literary Prize from the Ministry of Culture 1982 for Sigurd the Dragon Slayer. She was included in the IBBY Honour List 1984 for the same book.