MAGNUS CHASE AND THE SWORD OR SUMMER | RICK RIORDAN | BOOK REVIEW

 MAGNUS CHASE AND THE SWORD OF SUMMER

Author: Rick Riordan

Publisher: Disney Hyperion 

Genre: Norse Mythology

Age Range: 11+

Short Summary:

Magnus Chase...if you thought he is related to Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson then congratulations, you win a cookie. Magnus Chase, who is Annabeth's cousin, is a homeless teenager whose life changes when he dies! Okay let me make this a bit simpler. You see Magnus was a homeless kid and he just happened to get into a fight with a Norse giant and he dies. Magnus didnt really have Percy's luck when it came to fighting a monster with zero clue whats going on around. The entire series focuses on Magnus's afterlife and how he realises that he was the son of a Norse god. And here's when it gets better, he has to go on a quest!

He is taken to Hotel Valhalla by a Valkyrie, who is decided he was worthy of living in Valhalla. Valhalla is basically heaven. All the heroes are taken there as long as they are worthy. Unfortunately after he arrives the three Norns(fancy speak for prophecy speaker) deliver a prophecy that said that he was 'wrongly chosen' and wasnt really worthy (great way to decrease self confidence) and so the Valkyrie who bought him to Valhalla was banished. And ofcourse if you thought 'just ask him to leave' then thats not possible cause once you enter Valhalla getting out is like digging up your own grave. But his friends Hearth and Blitz, who were an elf and dwarf respectively, convinced him to get out of there. 

So he did and all three of them run around Midgard until they come across a god who tells them that the only way to get out of the mess they have caused was to find the sword of Summer and returning it to the island of Fenris Wolf. The ctach was that they had no idea where the sword was. They did have a bit of help from the gods but was it enough. And will Magnus prove a prophecy wrong by returning the sword of Summer to the island of Fenris Wolf?

~Avani Endait