Ask the children to look at the front cover. What do you think the book will be about? What things can you see on the front cover?
Who do you think would enjoy this story and why?
Where do you think this story is set? Why?
Now read the blurb – were any of your predictions correct?
The following questions are designed as prompts only – allow the children to come up with their own questions and ideas. They will be much more engaged this way.
A young Viking girl is swept by a storm on to a desolate English beach. Cruelly orphaned there, Ylva becomes set on revenge, tracking a killer through dangerous hinterland.
She wants only the favour of the Norse gods and the comfort of her stories. But when a stranger decides to protect Ylva – seeming to understand her where others cannot – Ylva must decide if her own legend will end in vengeance or forgiveness ...