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The odyssey
Title:
The odyssey
Author:
Cross, Gillian.
Personal Author:
Cross, Gillian.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Summary:
An illustrated adaptation of the mythology classic traces Odysseus' 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War, a fateful journey marked by a man-eating Cyclops, deadly Sirens, the fury of the sea-god Poseidon and Odysseus' faithful wife's efforts to rebuff greedy suitors.
General Note:
"...illustrations were done in gouache pen, and wash."--Colophon.
Language:
English
Contents:
The war -- Traveling into disaster -- The giant in the cave -- Aeolus and Circe -- Ghosts and monsters -- Stranded on Calypso's Island -- Nausicaa -- Odysseus the beggar -- A husband for Penelope.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 4.0 153813.
Personal Subject:
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)-Juvenile literature.
Subject Term:
Heroes -- Juvenile literature.

Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898

Heroes. (OCoLC)fst00955558

Odysseus (Greek mythology). (OCoLC)fst01043923
Geographic Term:
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C. -- Juvenile literature.

Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
Genre:
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author:
Packer, Neil,

Homer. Odyssey.
ISBN:
9780763647919
Format :
Book

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