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THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES

Have you read any good books lately? The book I read was The Adventures of Ulysses by: Bernard Evslin. This book is about a man named Ulysses and his army who fought during the Trojan War, but when they leave Troy the gods get angry at Ulysses because he did not listen to them. Now the gods will not let them go back to their home in Ithaca. So they now sail across the Mediterranean Sea to find their beloved home. On their trip they face monsters, Cyclopes, Scylla, Charybdis and a beautiful sorceress. Now Ulysses is afraid that he might never see his wife Penelope and son, Telemachus. My favorite part of the book is when Ulysses battles the Cyclopes because it is when Ulysses is the bravest. Ulysses and his men keep their course determined to reach Ithaca. But it is there they will have to fight the fiercest battle of all. Will Ulysses ever survive with his crew? You will have to read The Adventures of Ulysses to find out.
By:Giulio

Boys' Book Reviews - July 16th part II

The Zack Files: Yikes! Grandma's a Teenager
Author: Dan Greenburg
Pages: 58
Genre: series fiction

Reviewed by Laurence

Zack's Grandma turns back into a teenager because she gets younger every day when she wakes up. Zack thinks it's bad, because he thinks she is sick. At the end she goes into a machine that turns her back to 88.

My favorite part was when she was growing younger and younger, and when they had a food fight at Grandparent's Day.

Rating: Just Another Burro

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Wait Till Helen Comes
Author: Mary Downing Hahn
Pages: 184
Genre: mystery

Reviewed by Morrigan

Molly's sister Heather is always trying to get Molly into trouble. Molly hates Heather. But when Heather makes friends with a ghost in the graveyard behind Molly's house, Molly realizes she'll have to help Heather. At the end, Molly realizes Heather has a secret that she's kept bottled up inside her since she was three.

I liked when Heather tells the secret to her dad. I didn't like when Heather almost drowned. I learned that if you're nice to everyone, you can make friends with other people.

Rating: Kicks Donkey!

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The Adventures of Ulysses
Author: Bernard Evslin
Pages: 172
Genre: epic adventure

Reviewed by Morrigan

Ulysses has just won the Trojan War and is sailing home. On the way home, he encounters many islands, all full of monsters. The first, he finds Polyphemus, a cyclops, and blinds him. Next, they come to a place where everyone eats flowers that make you sleep. Soon he encounters Circe, a sorceress that turns men into pigs. Then Scylla and Charybdis, hideous monsters who were enchanted by the gods. Last, when he gets home he has to fight all the suitors who are trying to marry his wife.

I liked when he got out of the land of the dead. I didn't like when Ulysses killed the sacred Apollo cows. I learned that you shouldn't marry again if your husband dies, and that killing doesn't ever work. (Editor's Note - Have to have a chat about that moral with Morrigan... hrm...)

Rating: Holy Donkeys!!!!!

THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES

Have you read any good books lately? The book I read was The Adventures of Ulysses by: Bernard Evslin. This book is about a man named Ulysses and his army who fought during the Trojan War, but when they leave Troy the gods get angry at Ulysses because he did not listen to them. Now the gods will not let them go back to their home in Ithaca. So they now sail across the Mediterranean Sea to find their beloved home. On their trip they face monsters, Cyclopes, Scylla, Charybdis and a beautiful sorceress. Now Ulysses is afraid that he might never see his wife Penelope and son, Telemachus. My favorite part of the book is when Ulysses battles the Cyclopes because it is when Ulysses is the bravest. Ulysses and his men keep their course determined to reach Ithaca. But it is there they will have to fight the fiercest battle of all. Will Ulysses ever survive with his crew? You will have to read The Adventures of Ulysses to find out.
By:Giulio

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