18 books like The One-Eyed Giant

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Tales From the Odyssey #2 Mary Pope Osborne · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 105p · ≈ 3h · Light Odysseus is far from home, tossed by stormy seas and cursed by an angry one-eyed giant. After twenty years of fighting monsters, angering gods and goddesses, and surviving against the odds, Odysseus returns home and faces more dangerous enemies. Shares Odysseus, Adaptations, Greek Mythology, Adventure

The epic adventures of Odysseus Blake A. Hoena · 2016 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Light You are the mighty Greek hero Odysseus. The Trojan War has made you a hero. But now you must return home to your island of Ithaca. The journey back will not be easy. Deadly sea monsters, cunning witches, and giant Cyclopes stand in your way. Do you have what it takes to survive and make it back home? Full-page illustrations, interactive stories, and multiple endings transport you back to ancient… Shares Odysseus, Greek Mythology, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Wanderings of Odysseus Rosemary Sutcliff · 1995 · ★ 3.8 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A retelling of the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan War. Shares Odysseus, Greek Mythology

The Adventures of Odysseus And Tales of Troy Padraic Colum · 1918 · ★ 4.5 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A retelling of the events of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Shares Odysseus, Adaptations, Greek Mythology, Adventure

The Mystery of the Strange Messages Enid Blyton · 1969 · ★ 4.2 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mr. Goon, the policeman, can't understand it. Messages keep coming to him, popping up all over the place. But who is sending them? He thinks it is Fatty, playing tricks on him but this is the first the Five Find-Outers have heard about the messages. It all becomes a remarkable mystery, and one which the Five just have to solve. Shares Adventure, Children's fiction

Odysseus in the Serpent Maze Jane Yolen · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life. Shares Odysseus, Greek Mythology, Adventure, Children's fiction

The Emperor's candlesticks Baroness Emmuska Orczy · 1908 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899) is a historical novel by Baroness Orczy and was her first book as an author. Shares Adventure

The House Without a Key Earl Derr Biggers · 2015 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Published in 1925, The House Without a Key introduces the kindly detective Charlie Chan, conceived by Earl Derr Biggers as a counter to the “Yellow Peril” stereotypes common in the era’s society. John Quincy Winterslip, having been sent by his family to convince his aunt to return to Boston, arrives in Honolulu to find that a rich family member with a shady past has been murdered. Detective… Shares Adventure

Blue Hand Edgar Wallace · 1923 · ★ 4.1 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Jim Steele, a clerk for a prominent London attorney, has the distasteful task of assisting a notorious client, Digby Groat, who stands to inherit the Jonathan Danton fortune. Danton’s infant daughter and closest heir, Dorothy, was thought to have died in a boating accident twenty years ago. Adding to the mystery, Dorothy’s mother, Lady Mary Danton, also disappeared around the same time. Jim… Shares Adventure

Favourite Greek myths

Favourite Greek myths Lilian Stoughton Hyde · 1905 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Greek Mythology with this book.

The Paradise of Children Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1909 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Rendition of the classic myth by the early American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Shares Greek Mythology

Old Greek Stories James Baldwin · 1895 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Challenging In this book retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures. Shares Greek Mythology

Gods and heroes of the Greeks

Gods and heroes of the Greeks H. J. Rose · 1957 · 202p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Greek Mythology with this book.

The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor Walter Savage Landor · 1847 · 279p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Greek Mythology with this book.

Griechische Mythen Marie Luise Kaschnitz · 1943 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Greek Mythology with this book.

The golden shadow Leon Garfield · 1973 · ★ 4.0 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Retells in a continuous narrative the activities and adventures of the Greek gods and goddesses and their relationships with each other and with human beings. Shares Greek Mythology

The Royal Book of Oz Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1921 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Scarecrow searches for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Shares Adventure, Children's fiction

Historical and miscellaneous questions for the use of young people Richmal Mangnall · 1800 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Greek Mythology with this book.

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