The New Windmill Book Of Greek Myths -

Classic tales explaining natural phenomena and human foibles, such as:

McCaughrean’s involvement is the book’s secret weapon. Her prose is neither the dry, archaic language of a 19th-century translation nor the overly simplified, "babyish" language of a picture book. She finds a golden mean: lyrical, rhythmic, and vivid, yet perfectly accessible to a modern teenager. She understands that the myths are, at their core, thrilling narratives about love, jealousy, ambition, and revenge. Her retelling of the story of Perseus is breathless and cinematic; her version of the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice is genuinely heartbreaking. the new windmill book of greek myths

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