

On Abby’s first day at the academy, Abby meets the friendly Grimsby, her assigned tour guide, and Gwynn-unicorn backpack enthusiast and the same mysterious girl that met Abby and her father upon their dramatic entrance. Though Abby doesn’t want to leave him, the doctors and nurses assure her that they’re giving her father their best possible care.

In the race to get to Vale Hall grounds, Abby’s father is injured and left in a coma. Unfortunately, Abby’s father isn’t so lucky. Thankfully, they make it to the prestigious academy that the Grey Council arranged for them to shelter at. That was the plan at least, until a motorcycle-riding giant tried to run them off the road. When a Grendel attacks Abby in her own home, her father wastes no time packing their lives up and heading to Vale Hall, an academy way up in the northern tundra of Minnesota. Abby is desperate for her special abilities to present themselves, which would mark her as an Aesir as well, but now that she’s twelve, Abby is sure that time has now passed. She is, afterall, a Viking living in modern day America, and her mother was one of the Aesir-an elite warrior tasked to hunt the monsters known as Grendels-before she died. Just a reminder that this will be a SPOILER discussion for Chapters 1 - 10 of The Last Shadow Warrior, so make sure you read these chapters before continuing.ĭiscussion questions are listed below, and anyone who participates will be entered to win a free OwlCrate Jr box! **Winners for 'The Last Shadow Warrior' read-along have been contacted! Thank you all so much for participating!**Ībby Beckett is no stranger to secrets. Welcome, Vikings, to Day 1 of our read-along for The Last Shadow Warrior by Sam Subity! Grab your axes and swords as we follow Abby on an adventure of mythical proportions. Mr Big, Dark, and Scary had no eyes.” - Sam Subity. He smiled and tipped his dark glasses down.
