Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body. Ages 10 up.Grades 4-6.

1. Iron age -- Juvenile fiction.; 2. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.; 3. Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.; 4. People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.; 5. Survival -- Juvenile fiction.; 6. Historical fiction.;