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Midwinterblood by marcus sedgwick7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Edward feels like he has known Eric and his mother Merle for a long time. He has difficulty finding the location until local teenager Eric tells him where to dig for a tomb, where Edward finds two skeletons. ![]() In “The Archeologist,” an archeologist named Edward travels to Blessed Island in 2011 to excavate the ruins of a Viking village. The situation seems too familiar to Eric. Tor and the other islanders find him, take him prisoner, and consider sacrificing him to the gods. During an exploration of the island, Eric finds the rumored flower that gives the locals their long life. He also immediately dislikes an old man named Tor, even though the man has given him no reason to be disliked. While there, he falls in love with a woman named Merle who seems oddly familiar. ![]() The first story, “Midsummer Sun,” follows journalist Eric Seven in 2073 as he journeys to a remote Scandinavian community called Blessed Island where people live extraordinary lifespans. ![]() Published in 2013, the book received numerous accolades including A Publisher’s Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2013 and a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013. Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick is a young adult fantasy novel following seven intertwining stories spanning several centuries. ![]()
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