num_pages: 272
description: Historical adventure story that takes place in medieval Scandinavia.Hallgerd is the 17 year-old daughter of the Norwegian village leader. A group of Danes, acting under the orders of a powerful, warring-king's daughter, kidnap her and intend to marry her to this noblewoman's son. After a sympathetic young Dane helps her to escape, Hallegerd avenges her kidnapping by setting fire to the town and steals a small rowboat. As she is rowing through the marsh, she meets Gauk, a young hunter, along with a young blacksmith from Hallegerd's village who has come to rescue her.
language: English
title: Daughter Of The Wind
titlecomplete: Daughter Of The Wind
genres: Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Historical, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
ratings_count: 73
publisher: Orchard