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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–7—Doup has grown up enough to accept the death of his horse from old age and to want to use his real name: Alek. When he and his father go to visit Alek's brother, Ravnar, he gets caught up in Ravnar's life and the doings of his small village. Hired to work at an inn, he elects to stay with his brother even after his father leaves. He pays close attention to all that is happening and discovers an evil sche...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2012
The final character to get star billing in Bredsdorff's gorgeously written quartet of novels about the community at Crow Cove has long been called Doup; but as the embers flicker and die on the last night of the year he asks his father, Frid, to tell him his real name. Thus, young Alek sheds his babyish nickname and, like the main characters in Eidi (rev. 11/09) and Tink (rev. 5/11) before him, embarks on his own coming-of-age journey. He goes to visit his older brother Ravnar, a fisherman who moved to another village aft...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
In this final book in the quartet, Alek (formerly Doup) embarks on a journey with plenty of intrigue, including a shi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
