http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/adventures-with-a-far-wandering-hero-homers-the-odyssey/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:19:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/adventures-with-a-far-wandering-hero-homers-the-odyssey/#comment-21721 Stacy Whitman Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:23:30 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=28747#comment-21721 Teen readers looking for prose might also be interested in Guadalupe Garcia McCall's SUMMER OF THE MARIPOSAS, which is a YA retelling of The Odyssey. Here's SLJ's starred review of it: http://www.slj.com/2012/11/books-media/reviews/pick-of-the-day/pick-of-the-day-summer-of-the-mariposas/. Similar curriculum connections could be applied, particularly looking at the parallels between the original Greek gods and monsters and those from Mexican folklore that McCall employs, and examining the difference between a male point of view in the original and a female one in the retelling. Teen readers looking for prose might also be interested in Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s SUMMER OF THE MARIPOSAS, which is a YA retelling of The Odyssey. Here’s SLJ’s starred review of it: http://www.slj.com/2012/11/books-media/reviews/pick-of-the-day/pick-of-the-day-summer-of-the-mariposas/. Similar curriculum connections could be applied, particularly looking at the parallels between the original Greek gods and monsters and those from Mexican folklore that McCall employs, and examining the difference between a male point of view in the original and a female one in the retelling.

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