Last Shadow Warrior by Sam Subity

Author:Sam Subity [Subity, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2021-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Not able to focus in class, I spent the rest of the afternoon hiding out in the library, trying to answer all the questions spinning through my brain.

First, there was the sea monster. That was nuts. I mean, come on. Sea. Monster. For real?

Then there was the journal. Was it some sort of magical map? And if so, to what? To finding the svefnthorn and helping my dad? That would be amazing. And that’s what Granny V had suggested. But whoa: from a murderous dark Valkyrie who’d just tried to steal my soul? That made me wonder, even if it led us to the sleep thorn, what was the catch?

And finally, who was the mystery person who’d left the journal for me in the first place? Four years ago. My mom? Did she somehow know she was in trouble and leave me a trail to follow in case something happened to her? I was so torn, because I wanted that too.

When the bell rang to signal the end of the school day and I’d made exactly zero progress, I was ready to pull my hair out. So I decided it was probably a good time to give my brain a rest and go back to spend some time with my dad.

Bare trees threw long black stripes across Vale’s campus as I trudged through the snow, headed toward the hospital. Snow was the worst. I already despised the stuff. I kicked a clump of it in frustration, sending icy white fragments exploding in every direction.

“Abby!”

I looked around, spotting Gwynn and Grimsby jogging toward me. I stopped, waiting for them to catch up.

“Where have you been?” Gwynn said as they came nearer.

Grimsby stopped by a large oak tree and leaned in to study it closely, looking it up and down. He moved to the next tree and stuck his face right up to it, squinting his eyes and rapping on it with his knuckles.

“Hiding,” I said, turning toward Gwynn. “Mostly. Trying to figure out what any of this means.”

“Find anything?” she said.

“Not really, but …” I looked past her at Grimsby, who was actually sniffing a tree. “Okay, what’s up with you and the trees already?”

He turned toward me and said innocently, “Oh, nothing, just a little research of my own.”

Gwynn laughed. “That’s what we were trying to find you about. The second rune—you know, Eihwaz? I did some more digging and found out it’s often used not to represent just any tree, but the tree.” When she saw I wasn’t following, she added, “You know, Yggdrasil?”

I looked at her like she was nuts. “Wait. The mythical tree from Norse mythology that connects the nine worlds? That’s what you think we have to find? As in, right here somewhere on Vale’s campus?”

She nodded. “Well—”

“We don’t even know for sure what the runes are. Clues? Guideposts leading us to … what? A cure for my dad? A greenhouse that doesn’t exist anymore? Or maybe even our own deaths? Or …” I stopped, realizing

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