Quicksilver Contributor(s): Spinner, Stephanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440238455 ISBN-13: 9780440238454 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2006 Annotation: Hermes--also known as Mercury, Wayfinder, and Prince of Thieves--has many talents. Wearing his famed winged sandals, he does the bidding of his father Zeus, leads the dead down to Hades, and practices his favorite arts of trickery and theft. He also sees the future, travels invisibly, loves jokes, and abhors violence. And he's an entertaining and ideal narrator on a fast-paced journey through ancient Greek mythology--from Medusa's cave to Trojan War battlefields to the mysterious Underworld. Stephanie Spinner brings the famous messenger--and the best-known gods and mortals of mythology--to life with high action and spare, powerful prose. "From the Hardcover edition." |
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BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - Greek & Roman - Young Adult Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 12-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 7-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 770(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.2" W x 6.8" L (0.35 lbs) 240 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Glossary, Ikids, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 86853 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
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Publisher Description: Hermes--also known as Mercury, Wayfinder, and Prince of Thieves--has many talents. Wearing his famed winged sandals, he does the bidding of his father Zeus, leads the dead down to Hades, and practices his favorite arts of trickery and theft. He also sees the future, travels invisibly, loves jokes, and abhors violence. And he's an entertaining and ideal narrator on a fast-paced journey through ancient Greek mythology--from Medusa's cave to Trojan War battlefields to the mysterious Underworld. Stephanie Spinner brings the famous messenger--and the best-known gods and mortals of mythology--to life with high action and spare, powerful prose. |
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