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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents illustrated retellings of classic Greek myths, sharing the stories of Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Helen of Troy, Perseus, and Medusa, with sidebars for each god, goddess, hero, and monster that link the tales to constellations, history, geography, and culture, and including profiles, a family tree, and other resources.
44) Wings
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of Daedalus, the Greek master craftsman, who murdered his nephew because of envy, fled to Crete, and then, with his son, tried to fly away from Crete like a bird.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and beguiling reimagining of one of our greatest myths by a gifted young writer. Zachary Mason's brilliant and beguiling debut novel, The Lost Books of the Odyssey, reimagines Homer's classic story of the hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. With brilliant prose, terrific imagination, and dazzling literary skill, Mason creates alternative episodes, fragments, and revisions of Homer's original that taken together...
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated retelling of the classic Greek myth, in which Odysseus and the Greeks come up with a plan that could bring about the end of their long-standing war with the Trojans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Theseus, the brave Prince of Athens, has performed many great feats, but his most daunting task is yet to come. The King of Crete demands that fourteen young Athenians must be fed to the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull. Only Theseus can save them from the fearsome monster, who lives deep in the maze-like Labyrinth. Far from home and with all of Athens depending on him, Theseus must defeat the greatest threat Greece has ever known -- with only his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Brave Jason comes to claim his throne, but the old king will not give up his rule so easily. To prove his worth, Jason must find the greatest treasure in the world, the Golden Fleece. Jason accepts the challenge, and gathers the fifty greatest heroes of Greece to help him on his quest. Jason and his Argonauts must face rampaging bears, the menacing, flying Harpies, and a six-headed monster flanked by a deadly whirlpool.
Author
Series
Usborne young reading volume series 2
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
This is a retelling of the adventures of Ulysses, describing the stories of the wooden horse, the Cyclops, the sirens, and the whirlpool monster.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
You are the mighty Greek hero Jason. Along with your crew of Argonauts, you are setting sail in search of the Golden Fleece. But your journey will not be easy. Sea monsters, powerful witches, and deadly beasts stand in your way. Can you survive and bring the Golden Fleece back to your kingdom?