The Iliad

by Gillian Cross

Book Overview

A strikingly illustrated retelling of Homer's classic from the team who brought us The Odyssey --Carnegie Medalist Gillian Cross and illustrator Neil Packer. After nine years of war between the Greeks and Trojans, tensions are heating up among men of the same faction as well as those on opposing sides. Two proud and powerful Greeks, King Agamemnon and legendary warrior Achilles, quarrel over a beautiful maiden, causing Achilles and his myrmidons to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763678325
• ISBN13: 9780763678326
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.9" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8