Homer
1) Crater
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sixteen-year-old must battle his way across a thousand miles of deadly lunar terrain and face genetically altered super warriors in his quest to recover an astonishing object that will alter the lives of everyone on the moon . . . and beyond.
It's the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine the moon produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth. Sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood loves his job as a Helium-3 miner.
...2) Crater
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mining colony on the moon. A deadly mission. And a secret bigger than two worlds. It's the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth. Sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood loves his job as a Helium-3 miner. But when he saves a fellow miner, his life changes forever. Impressed by his heroism, the owner of the mine orders Crater to undertake a dangerous mission. Crater doubts...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells the epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War, told from the point of view of the steadfast companion who never gives up hope of his master's safe return.
5) Crater
Author
Series
Helium-3 novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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
Stickman Odyssey volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A humorous take on the Odyssey in which Zozimos, banished from his country by his evil stepmother, has many adventures as he prepares to return home to reclaim the throne that is rightfully his.
13) Return to Ithaca
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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.
14) The odyssey
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Odysseus...faces storm and shipwreck, terrifying monsters and the fury of the sea god Poseidon, as he makes his epic journey home from the Trojan War. It takes him ten years."--Dust jacket.
15) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book tells of Odysseus' long journey home from the Trojan War and the unusual encounters he has with the Sirens, the cyclops, and Circe the enchantress.
16) The Odyssey
Author
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
17) The odyssey
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Presents a graphic novel retelling of Homer's epic poem." --
18) The odyssey
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply retold for younger readers.