Midwinterblood By Marcus Sedgwick Chapter Summary

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In the novel, Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick, the story that felt the most powerful was "The Vampire" part six. Their are reason why I picked this part of the book because it is so intriguing. In the story a man by the name of Tor is brought back from Bloed Isle with the Vikings. During the meal Tor says about the chieftains children. "These children are mine"(page 213). This brings up two problems one the chieftain is extremely angry and two the kids do not know who to call father. The next meal Tor starts up again only he bites the dust. They begin to fight and the chieftain strangle Tor to death. After that a lot changes because Tor turns into something you would hear in a story, a vampire. At night they would find people and animals

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