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u003cpu003eThe epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece…u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eAfter ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers – Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves – before he is reunited with his wife and son.u003cbru003e Retold by award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean.u003cbru003e Geraldine McCaughrean has written over 160 other books, including u003ciu003eA Little Lower Than Angelsu003c/iu003e, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Children’s Novel Award in 1987, u003ciu003eA Pack of Liesu003c/iu003e, which won the Guardian Prize and Carnegie Medal in 1989 and u003ciu003eGold Dustu003c/iu003e, which won the Beefeater Children’s Novel Award in 1994. She has written retellings of notoriously tricky classics including u003ciu003eEl Cidu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003ethe Epic of Gilgameshu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eMoby Dicku003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eTheu003c/iu003e u003ciu003ePilgrim’s Progressu003c/iu003e.u003cbru003e In 2004, she won a competition to write the sequel to J M Barrie’s u003ciu003ePeter Panu003c/iu003e. And in 2006, u003ciu003ePeter Pan in Scarletu003c/iu003e was published to great acclaim.u003c/pu003e
