Title The Iliad / retold by Gillian Cross ; illustrated by Neil Packer.

Publication Info.	Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
	©2015

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Edition	First U.S. edition.
Description	151 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Contents	The golden apple -- The quarrel -- Inside the walls of Troy -- Single combat -- Paris makes an offer and the Greeks make a wall -- Greeks on the run -- Pleading with Achilles -- Spies -- Disaster for the Greeks -- The gods interfere -- Patroclus in disguise -- Patroclus meets his fate -- The wonderful armor -- Achilles goes into battle -- The gods join in -- Fighting the river -- Hector's last stand -- Honor and dishonor -- Epilogue.
Summary	"Gillian Cross's fine retelling of Homer's epic story captures all the heroism and savagery of war and shows why the 'Iliad' has been called the first tragedy and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization"--Front jacket flap.
Audience	Middle School.
Subject	Achilles (Mythological character) -- Juvenile fiction.
	Heroes -- Juvenile fiction.
	Troy (Extinct city) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
	Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
	Battles -- Juvenile fiction.
	Deception -- Juvenile fiction.
	Gods -- Juvenile fiction.
	Achilles (Mythological character) -- Fiction.
	Epic poetry, Greek -- Adaptations.
	Heroes -- Jiction.
	Troy (Extinct city) -- History -- Fiction.
	Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
	Battles -- Fiction.
	Deception -- Fiction.
	Gods -- Fiction.
	JUVENILE FICTION -- Classics.
	JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- Military & Wars.
	JUVENILE FICTION -- Legends, Myths, Fables -- Greek & Roman.
	Achilles.
	Epic poetry, Greek -- Adaptations.
	Heroes -- Juvenile fiction.
	Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
	Battles -- Juvenile fiction.
	Deception -- Juvenile fiction.
	Gods -- Juvenile fiction.
	Adaptations.
	Fiction.
	History.
	Juvenile works.
	Troy (Extinct city) -- History.
	Achilles (Mythological character) (OCoLC)fst00795683
	Battles. (OCoLC)fst00828915
	Deception. (OCoLC)fst00888968
	Gods. (OCoLC)fst00944223
	Heroes. (OCoLC)fst00955558
	Kings and rulers. (OCoLC)fst00987694
	Turkey -- Troy (Extinct city) (OCoLC)fst01896842
	Battles -- Fiction.
	Deception -- Fiction.
	Gods -- Fiction.
	Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
	Heroes -- Fiction.
	Achilles (Mythological character)
	Troy (Extinct city) -- History -- Fiction.
Genre/Form	Adaptations, Juvenile.
	Children's nonfiction. NZ-WeK
	Adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01423910
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Adaptations.
Added Author	Packer, Neil, illustrator.
	Adaptation of (work): Homer. Iliad.
ISBN	9780763678326 (hardcover)
	0763678325 (hardcover)
	9780763698140 (boxed set hardcover)
	0763698148 (boxed set hardcover)

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