Review by Matthew Harper

Publish Date: First, 1956, Doubleday and Company Inc, original not known

Pages: 191

Time Period: Scotland, 10th century B.C.

Age Range: 11+

Not a good read-aloud, some mature content.

Review:

Twins Jan and Brus are going a-viking with their father, Harald the Red-Beard to reclaim some of their mother’s land in Scotland.Their father has a special talisman that was supposed to bring the owner good luck. Along the way, disaster struck, and their ship was wrecked and Jan is taken captive by Scottish Highlanders. In a great tragedy, their father is killed and so are all of their men. That’s how Jan and Brus met Black Gavin, and begin the biggest adventure of their life. Can they get the talisman back, find their father’s murderer, and find their mother? Or will they be stopped in their tracks by The Black Fox of Lorne?

In a nutshell: Great read, does have some blood, and other things, so discern