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The gray-eyed goddess

Osborne, Mary Pope. (Author). Howell, Troy (illustrator.). Homer. Odyssey. (Added Author).

Summary: Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Ithaca, his wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, are desperately warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a visit from a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors, and to search for his long-lost father.

Record details

ISBN: 0786807733
ISBN: 1439549664
ISBN: 0786809310
Physical Description: print
105 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

General Note:	Illustrations on lining papers.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- Odysseus and Penelope -- Son of Odysseus -- Gray-eyed goddess -- Setting sail -- Search -- Old man of the sea -- Calypso's island -- Voyage -- Epilogue -- About Homer and the Odyssey -- Gods and goddesses of ancient Greece -- Main gods and goddesses: and pronunciation of their names -- Pronunciation guide: to other proper names -- Note on the sources -- About the author.
Target Audience Note:	"Ages 8-11"--P. 4 of cover. 760L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 1 76593.