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Odd and the Frost Giants

An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gaiman, Neil
Other Authors:	Helquist, Brett (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Heroes > Juvenile fiction. Loki (Norse deity) > Juvenile fiction. Thor > (Norse deity) > Juvenile fiction. Odin (Norse deity) > Juvenile fiction. Giants > Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Norse > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.
Physical Description:	117 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Audience:	008-012.
ISBN:	9780061671739 (trade bdg.) 0061671738 (trade bdg.)
Author Notes:	Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. His first comic endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award. He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story. (Bowker Author Biography)