The Sword of Summer
by Rick Riordan
The Sword of Summer is a fantasy novel by Rick Riordan, first published by Disney-Hyperion in the United States on 6 October 2015, with Puffin as the UK publisher. It opens the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series, in which a homeless Boston teenager learns he is the son of the Norse god Frey.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Disney-Hyperion, 2015
- First published
- Disney-Hyperion, United States, 2015
- First UK edition
- Puffin Books
The first edition of The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan was published in United States of America by Disney-Hyperion in 2015. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
- 1st Disney-Hyperion2015 Hardback · Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 1 I own The Sword of Summer, Disney-Hyperion 2015 Log in to want this
Later and other editions
- Puffin2015 Paperback · Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 1 I own Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer, Puffin 2015 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Boston
- Genre
- fantasy, young adult fiction
In print
- Editions recorded
- 37 on Open Library, 15 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 12 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Sword of Summer?
The first edition of The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan was published in United States of America by Disney-Hyperion in 2015.
How many editions of The Sword of Summer are there?
We track 2 editions of The Sword of Summer, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Sword of Summer (Q18393840), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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