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The final battle

Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: New York : Hyperion Books For Children, ©2004.
Series: Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey, bk. 6.
Edition/Format:   Book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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After struggling against the gods and his fate for more than twenty years, Odysseus has returned to Ithaca at last. But things have changed: his island has been overrun by suitors who clamor for his wife's hand in marriage and plague his son, Telemachus. With the help of the gray-eyed goddess, Athena, Odysseus and Telemachus must set out to regain control of Ithaca. In the last book of the series based on episodes  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN: 078680775X 9780786807758
OCLC Number: 55008540
Description: 102 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Contents: Prologue --
Penelope --
Approach to the palace --
Beggar at the table --
Night before the battle --
Signs from the gods --
Stringing the bow --
Death to the suitors --
Reunion --
Peace --
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.
Series Title: Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey, bk. 6.
Responsibility: by Mary Pope Osborne ; with artwork by Troy Howell.
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After struggling against the gods and his fate for more than twenty years, Odysseus has returned to Ithaca at last. But things have changed: his island has been overrun by suitors who clamor for his wife's hand in marriage and plague his son, Telemachus. With the help of the gray-eyed goddess, Athena, Odysseus and Telemachus must set out to regain control of Ithaca. In the last book of the series based on episodes from Homer's Odyssey, Mary Pope Osborne brings one of the greatest adventures of all time to a dramatic climax. Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the best-selling series, The Magic Tree House. She has also written many acclaimed retellings of myths, folk-tales, and works of historical fiction. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne, live in Connecticut.

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