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The epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece...After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves - before he is reunited with his wife and son. Brilliantly retold by award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean.Details
| OPC | P6D6W5 |
|---|---|
| Codes | 0140383093 (ISBN-10) |
| 9780140383096 (ISBN) |
Detailed Product Information
| Release Date | 04/09/1997 |
|---|---|
| Book Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Author | Homer |
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The epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece...
After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves - before he is reunited with his wife and son.
Retold by award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean.
Geraldine McCaughrean has written over 160 other books, includingA Little Lower Than Angels, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Children's Novel Award in 1987,A Pack of Lies, which won the Guardian Prize and Carnegie Medal in 1989 andGold Dust, which won the Beefeater Children's Novel Award in 1994. She has written retellings of notoriously tricky classics includingEl Cid,the Epic of Gilgamesh,Moby DickandThePilgrim's Progress.
In 2004, she won a competition to write the sequel to J M Barrie'sPeter Pan. And in 2006,Peter Pan in Scarletwas published to great acclaim.
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- ISBN The Odyssey book General novel English Paperback 144 pages
Detailed Product Information
Weight & dimensions
| Weight | 95 g |
|---|---|
| Height | 178 mm |
| Width | 129 mm |
| Depth | 8 mm |
Features
| Language version | English |
|---|---|
| Genre | General novel |
| Release date (DD/MM/YYYY) | 05.03.2015 |
| Number of pages | 144 pages |
| Written by | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| Publication year | 2015 |
| International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 9780140383096 |
| Book cover type | Paperback |
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