Title:
Black ships before Troy : the story of the Iliad / Rosemary Sutcliff ; illustrated by Alan Lee.
ISBN:
9781845073596
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2005.
Physical Description:
128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
General Note:
Originally published: 1993.
Winner of Cilip Kate Greenaway Medal.
Contents:
Golden apple -- Ship-gathering -- Quarrel with the kigh king -- Single combat -- Women of Troy -- High king's embassy -- Horses of King Rhesus -- Red rain -- Battle for the ships -- Armor of Achilles -- Vengeance for Patroclus -- Funeral games -- Ramsom for Hector -- Luck of Troy -- Warrior women -- Death of Achilles -- Poisoned arrow -- Wooden horse -- Fall of Troy.
Summary:
Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 6.8 5 67752
Added Author:
Audience:
1240L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm60127174
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
