Book
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
by Allen French
- Published
- 1918
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 252
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/604065.The_Story_of_Rolf_the_Viking_Bow?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_37
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–15
- Ambleside year
- Year 7 onwards · ages 12–15
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife, does an unprecedented thing. He lights a signal fire on a dangerous point of his land, thereby challenging the accepted custom which places lucrative salvage at higher value than the saving of life. However, the life that is saved that night, in the end, causes his own death and the unjust outlawing of his son Rolf. Rolf's response to this injustice creates a suspenseful, thought-provoking tale difficult to put down. Ages 10 and up.
Collections
The Good & The Beautiful · 9
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781883937010
- ISBN-10
- 1883937019
Tags
Family LifeFictionIcelandReligion-ChristianityThe Good & The BeautifulWinnetka Graded Book List, 1926