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The Dark Horse
By Sedgwick, Marcus
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38573-054-9 978-0-38590-091-1
- Publisher
- Lamb Random
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
Gr 6-10 Like the first-rate historical fiction of Rosemary Sutcliff, The Dark Horse finds its focus not in the grand events of history, but rather in the lives of ordinary people. In this way, Sedgwick, like Sutcliff, creates rounded and complex characters who are weak and strong, venial and high-minded. Often harsh and unflinching, the story plunges readers into a pivotal moment in the life of a small, apparently Nordic tribe, isolated from other peoples except through its contact with itinerant traders. Rumor of a vicious, horse-riding people, the Dark Horse, tro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
Setting: prehistoric, mythic, resembling Scotland's Hebrides. Characters: the members of two tribes—the "Storn," settled in their village and their ways but recently bedeviled by harsh weather, a diminishing catch, and crop failures; and the fierce, nomadic "Dark Horse." Central to the action are the Storn boy Sigurd, whose account alternates with that of an omniscient narrator; and his adopted sister, "Mouse," raised by wolves and possessed of strange powers. Mouse sends her mind forth with the birds to find ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
