Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be.
Anyone can play along!
- Grab a book you are reading.
- Open to a random page and pull two sentences.
- Post the book title, author, and page number.
- No spoilers, please.
My quote for this week comes from Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, pg 13.
Odd was woken by something scratching against the hut. He pulled himself up to his feet, thought briefly about tales of trolls and monsters, hoped that it wasn’t a bear, then opened the door.
This is a kids book, and I love stories dipped into mythology and fantasy. This was a fast and quick read filled with Norse gods – Thor, Loki and Odin. It’s a story about self-discovery and triumph, along dealing with the loss a parent. Here’s a blurb if you’re curious:
The winter isn’t ending. Nobody knows why.
And Odd has run away from home, even though he can barely walk and has to use a crutch.
Out in the forest he encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle – three creatures with a strange story to tell.
Now Odd is faced with a stranger journey than he had ever imagined.
A journey to save Asgard, City of the Norse Gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it.
It’s going to take a very special kind of boy to defeat the most dangerous of all the Frost Giants and rescue the mighty Gods. Someone cheerful and infuriating and clever.
Someone just like Odd..
I think my kids would totally enjoy this book! Never heard of it, so thanks for posting a teaser! We’ll have to grab it at the library. :0)
Every Norse story I’ve read has frost giants trying to get into Asgard. I’m thinking that this was the Nordic way of warning us that if we ever got to a point where the 1% were richer than the 99%, this kind of thing would happen. It’s like prophecy!
I love Neil Gaiman so much. Haven’t read this yet though… it’s on the list.
I haven’t read that one by Neil. I have American Gods in my TBR pile. I must read faster.
Brave boy! He worried about all those scary things, but he opened the door anyhow.
My teaser is from A STOP IN THE PARK.
Great teaser. I love the Norse mythology angle. Thanks for visiting!
Cheerful, infuriating, and clever is my kind of character. His thought processes before opening the door are very much like my own when I’m in the woods.
Love that teaser! I can’t wait to read this book.
I enjoy kids stories too sometimes. Sounds interesting and full of adventure!
Here’s the link to ours: http://www.ourstack.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuesday-teasers-3-non-fiction-teasers.html
Cool teaser. I read Neverwhere by him this year and loved it!
Great teaser! Here is my teaser for this week
This book looks amazing. I actually haven’t read Gaiman yet, but have a few of his books in my TBR pile. I’d love to add this, too.
Sounds like a winner to me!