Homer.
Author
Series
Harvard classics volume 22
Lexile measure
1260L
Language
English
Description
A complete translation of the Greek poem recounting the experience of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Separating himself from his family of lighthouse keepers in order to work for the Coast Guard, World War II Outer Banks resident Josh Thurlow searches for his brother, lost at sea twenty years earlier, in the wake of invading U-boats.
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the great masterpieces of Western literature, Odyssey chronicles the many trials and adventures Odysseus must pass through on his long journey home from the Trojan wars. Though the stormy, vengeful god of the ocean is determined to keep him off course, Odysseus is clever and has the brilliant goddess Athena on his side. With wit, integrity, and bravery, Odysseus must escape the grip of the fearsome Cyclops, resist the deadly seductions of
...Author
Language
English
Description
The cowboys who work on the ranchlands of Montana expect more than their fair share of trouble. One of them is Mike Wire, a former homicide detective. Mike is about to learn murder and mayhem can happen under Montana's big skies, too. Beneath the earth lie enough dinosaur fossils to fill several museum collections -- and make a fortune for whoever claims them first. Soon he will have to combine everything he learned as a cop with everything he knows...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
A retelling of part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus and his fleet continue their journey and encounter giant cannibals, a beautiful witch, and the Land of the Dead.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Ithaca, his wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, are desperately warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a visit from a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors, and to search for his long-lost father.
12) Return to Ithaca
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Retells part of Homer's Odyssey in which Odysseus, with the help of the goddess Athena, plans to get revenge on those who have plagued his wife and son during his absence.
Author
Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 13
Publisher
Big Red Chair Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A day filled with troubles reminds Wishbone of Homer's epic poem a he imagines himself as Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters monsters and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen). But when Buddy headed for New York, Elsie's dreams of a life with him were crushed and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In the twenty-second century, sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood, who mines the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth, undertakes a deadly mission that could mean the difference between life and death for every inhabitant of the moon.
20) The far reaches
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Coast Guard captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag team of men struggle desperately to stay one step ahead of the enemy as they make their way amongst the Japanese-held islands of the South Pacific.