Prisoners in Paris
By Patric Nyström & Per Demervall
Rolle the Viking has come to plunder Paris with his accomplices, the blunderers Ivar and Grym, but they fail again and again to get into the city.
Rolle’s patience is coming to its end, and good advice is expensive. Ivar and Grym understand that there is only one person that can save them. With difficulty, they kidnap Siri and Zack and take them to Paris to present Siri to a suspicious Rolle.
Can a little child really help wild Vikings? Now Siri has to do as she would help Rolle, and at the same time protect Paris and its inhabitants from the Viking attack. Luckily, she has her friend Zack with her, and they get unexpected help.
Prisoners in Paris is the third part in the series about Siri the Viking. This comic series is aimed at middle-grade readers who get to enjoy a mix of imaginative adventure and historical settings and facts about the Viking age.
The comic format encourages reluctant readers pick up the stories, and fans of Asterix will get to experience the Viking tales through the eyes of a young yet resourceful girl. Many aspects of Viking life are portrayed in a historically accurate way, and there is plenty of information highlighted in special fact boxes along the way.
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"I adore the Siri the Viking books. They are fun, filled to the brim with adventure are written engagingly, and are educational too. What’s not to like? The stories are all written in a comicbook style and the illustrations will have children giggling along. It is wonderful to see a young female shown in such a talented and bright way in a Viking story. Siri is a wonderful character and I hope she has many more books to come. Located at the back of the story is factual information about real raids on Paris by Vikings and who the Berserkers were which is pretty interesting to read about. The whole series is just amazing and will keep children entertained and amused."
"With a swift plot, well researched illustrations and a tough little girl in the lead, Siri the Viking is a reading experience for all ages. Not the least does it convey a story about cultural encounters in the Middle Ages, which should be written about more often in our time."
"This series about the courageous and charming Viking girl Siri is no less than a masterpiece. A children’s comic series in the same category as the best international works."
