106 pages • 3 hours read
Rick RiordanThe Sword of Summer
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 37-40Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 37 Summary: “I Am Trash-Talked by a Squirrel”
The World Tree seems to exist in a void of white nothingness. Magnus feels dizzy and off-balance by both the whipping wind and the potential fall. Sam advises they get moving because being on the tree for too long “is not good for your sanity” (264). They walk along a branch for a while before the sword points them onto a smaller, thinner branch. From there, it directs them to jump off into a portal. Before they can, Hearth falls into a patch of lichen and gets stuck. Sam and Magnus start to cut him free but are interrupted by the Squirrel approaching. Sam covers herself and Hearth in her hijab, camouflaging them.
The Squirrel bares down on Magnus and Blitz. It squawks, and Magnus hears a bevy of insults in the sound, including “you could not save your mother” (265). Magnus falls to his knees, but Blitz hauls him up and drags him through the portal.
Chapter 38 Summary: “I Break Down in a Volkswagen”
On the other side of the portal, Magnus stands in a sunlit field. It takes him a moment to remember Blitz and how they got here. He still feels the effect of the Squirrel’s insults with “corrosive thoughts rattling around in my brain” (267).
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