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Troy by Adèle Geras (Miriam Margolyes, narrator)

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Geras brings a feminist perspective to this classic story but the appeal is much broader than that. Not only does she bring the gods and myths of ancient Greece...

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Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

This was an example of a middle grade book that was quite different than the more detailed and complex young adult books I have read. This is more like a chapt...

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Adventures of Achilles by Hugh Lupton

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

As we approached the holidays and the end of 2012 I was working on some freelance projects and found myself working in libraries quite often.  As is often the c...

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of reworked or retold myths and legends and so was excited to dig into The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.  To...

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Tales from the Odyssey series by Mary Pope Osborne

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I was vaguely familiar with Mary Pope Osborne‘s Tales from the Odyssey series but hand’t read any of it until I stumbled upon book two at a library ...

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