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041			_aEnglish
082			_aFIC/SUT/2005
100			_aRosemary Sutcliff (Author) _95177
245			_aBlack Ships Before Troy: The Story of 'The Iliad'
250			_aReprint edition (December 13, 2005)
260			_bLaurel Leaf
300			_a151 pages _bill,pic _c 4.2 x 0.4 x 6.9 inches
520			_aHomer's epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. In it, the abduction of the legendary beauty, Helen of Troy, leads to a conflict in which even the gods and goddesses take sides and intervene. It is in the Trojan War that the most valiant heroes of the ancient world are pitted against one another. Here Hectore, Ajax, Achilles, and Odysseus meet their most formidable challenges and in some casas their tragic ends. Rosemary Sutcliff makes such extraordinary stories as those of those Trojan horse, of Aphrodite and the golden apple, and of the fearsome warrior women Amazons, accessible to contemporary young people. This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 6-8, Stories) in Appendix B.
521			_aAge Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and up
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