Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn (author)

Freya is dreading turning fourteen – that marks the official end of her childhood and when she takes up full duties of a Valkyrie – a collector of souls from humanity’s battlefields. But Freya is unlike any other Valkyrie. She doesn’t want to follow in the footsteps of the legends before her. As she observes from Asgard, she tries to understand what it is to be human: to make friends with girls her own age and laugh with boys, without the fear of causing their death with one touch. Little does she know that her dreams will soon be realized: on her first battlefield mission, Freya reaps the soul of a soldier with unfinished business that will send her to the human world on a deadly quest. And there she must battle both ordinary and extraordinary enemies to create a new VALKYRIE legend.

‘Kate O’Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure and classic fantasy.’ Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781444907551

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Date published

May 2nd, 2013

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.3; Upper years; 10.0 points

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Kate O'Hearn

Kate O’Hearn is the author of Pegasus and the Flame, a magical fantasy where mythology and reality collide on in modern day New York.

Kate was raised in the heart of New York City. Throughout her life, she has always had an active and vivid imagination. As a child walking down 5th Avenue, she would envision herself soaring among the city’s canyons on the back of a wild dragon. While in Florida, looking over the sea, she could imagine living amongst the whales and breaching in the heavy swells. At night, a star studded sky was yet another playground. These dreams and ideas never faded. Instead they grew until they spilled over into the books she loves to write.