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Little does she suspect that she will be caught between a scholastic religious cult that worships Order above all else and reveres the vanished gods of yore, including Thor the Thunderer, Odin the Allfather, Skadi the Huntress and Loki the Trickster. He's the only person who really pays much attention to her, and when One-Eye tells Maddy that she must journey under Red Horse Hill, enter World Below and seek out a hidden treasure called the Whisperer, she's willing to brave almost anything to succeed.

Maddy has learned about runes, cantrips and glamours from a mysterious traveler known as One-Eye. In fact, 14-year-old Maddy knows enough about spell casting to be of some use in keeping goblins from creating too much mischief in the local cellars. Ragnorak has come and gone in Joanne Harris' first novel for young readers, 'Runemarks,' but the old Norse gods still have some life in them yet.īorn with what the villagers of Mabry call a 'ruinmark' on her palm, motherless Maddy Smith has always felt like an outcast. I particularly enjoyed how the author fit in so many characters from Norse mythology, but I wish she had taken more time developing most of them.By Joanne Harris KNOPF 526 PAGES $18.99 AGEs 10-UP I feel that although the main character, Maddy, is female, four other important supporting characters -'One-Eye', 'Lucky', Mimar, or 'The Whisperer', and Sugar, the goblin -are male, so I feel that both boys and girls will like it. So in that case part of the surprise was gone. I did find it quite obvious who some characters (namely 'One-Eye' and 'Lucky' as they claim to be called) were going to be. I personally was extremely glad that I am very familiar with it. Runemarks is going to be more interesting to kids who have read and are interested in Norse mythology. Joanne Harris exists of course! I definitely felt like I'd known Maddy my whole life by the time I was done reading this. I have just found a personal favorite!!! Totally AMA-zing!!!! Maddy is an incredibly real character, I can't believe this isn't a biography - only if this new and intriguing kind of magic introduced by Ms.