海巨魔

我读这本书第一次出版时,喜欢它!现在我的儿子几乎是6和开始哈利波特一直乞求我,但我不准备开始系列和他(他想他们所有人,他肯定不是准备好了后来的书)。一座桥,我拿起这本书,开始读它大约一个星期前。这是一个缓慢的开始,每晚一章,点缀着解释的设置和时间。现在真正的冒险已经开始,他一直要求每晚2个或更多的章节,有时额外章节中间的一天。所以,我的孩子是5 6,但我不会* *读这才6岁。肯定不是一本书读给年幼的孩子如果你不准备谈论时间的现实(海盗袭击,异教徒和基督教转变,挪威人的宗教,奴隶制,魔术,和一般的暴行,中世纪的生活)。这是一个很好的故事挑战孩子的善与恶的概念——主要人物,杰克,被维京人起初是吓坏了他们的文化,但后来能够从他们的角度看到它。尽管杰克并不总是同意或理解为什么海盗行为方式的,他是能够有同情心的关于他们的文化的某些方面。这是一个消息我definitley希望我的孩子捡起。 Not all of the characters make good role models (some of them are Berserkers, after all), but many of the characters challenge pre-formed expectations and some of them adapt and grow in positive ways. My son is already pretending to be Jack finding the Life Force, the same way he pretends to be a Jedi using The Force whenever he listens to my old Star Wars audiobooks. With regards to the violence present in the story, my son is actually somewhat sensitive and doesn't like surprises (he has Asperger's), and while he likes all the information he's getting from the story (and the extra talks about vocabulary or story elements), he stops me periodically to remind me to read ahead to let him know if someone is going to die (and people do die in this book). Because I've read it before, I pause before any particularly gruesome or intense parts to prep him and give him the choice to skip that part, then we always discuss the why of the storyline after those parts. He's very excited for me to get the audiobook after we finish reading the book together! And I'm excited because I think this will jumpstart his interest in learning more mythology and tip him towards choosing more fairy tale and fantasy books :)

这本书是很好的。它是教育的,因为它有很多挪威神话。我读了三本书的银苹果,有福的群岛数字2和3。我和我的朋友们爱这本书我强烈推荐它。这是悬疑和动作和悲伤的一部分。这是我的三大最喜欢的书之一。我读了12次,从不感到厌倦。我8岁的妹妹读她喜欢它。