Sirens and Sea Monsters

By Osborne, Mary Pope & Homer, & Howell, Troy

Publishers Summary:
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus and his men, returning from the Land of the Dead determined to sail home to Ithaca, encounter Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool.

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ISBN
978-0-78680-772-7
Publisher
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2003.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on July 1, 2003

Gr 3-9 Closely following Book 12 of the Odyssey, Osborne relates the tale of Odysseus and his men as they travel back from the Land of the Dead to Circe's Island. Circe warns Odysseus of dangers ahead; he and his men soldier on to the seas of the monster Scylla, where six men are viciously eaten, as Circe had foretold. Heeding her words, Odysseus tries to talk his men out of stopping at Helios's island, but they i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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