How to be a Viking

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So You Want to Be a Viking features the field’s latest scholarship and is illustrated throughout with zany illustrations by Japanese cartoonist Takayo Akiyama. So you want to be a Viking? This humorous and handy guide contains all the information aspiring Vikings need to know about life as a Norse warrior. He's afraid of everything. But when they're transported back in time to Scandinavia in 991 CE, they must figure out if they have what it takes to become Vikings themselves. Want a custom kit? Hervor, the haunted shield-maiden, is also on hand to share her tips on how to take off with a handsome ransom and how to make it into Valhalla in the afterlife. When Hiccup heads off for his very first ocean voyage, his seasickness is the least of his worries! Any kid who’s ever daydreamed about being a fierce Norse warrior will love this interactive guide. The Vikings are lost in a terrible storm, and it's up to Hiccup to help them find their way home again.

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