Title: Magnus the Viking
Description: 1000 AD: Seven-year-old Magnus sets out on a dangerous but exciting journey over the sea with his family. They travel from Greenland to Vinland. In this unknown land Magnus meets Maku, an Indian boy. Together they create their own language and a friendship develops between them in spite of their different cultural backgrounds. But can the Vikings and the Indians lay down their weapons so that the two boys can continue to be friends?. The book is based on historical facts around the discovery of Newfoundland 500 years before Christopher Columbus discovered America.
Subjects: Friendship, Juvenile fiction, Vikings, History
Places: Newfoundland and Labrador