Adèle Geras
1) Ithaka
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
The island of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors demanding that Penelope choose a new husband, as she patiently awaits the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War.
3) Troy
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.
Author
Pub. Date
1998, c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In a modern version of the Rapunzel fairy tale, Megan, who lives at a secluded girl's school where her foster mother is headmistress, falls in love for the first time with the young man her foster mother has chosen for herself.
8) Cleopatra
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
"Discover the world of Cleopatra through the diary of her handmaid Nefret"--Cover.
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In a modern version of the Snow White fairy tale, eighteen-year-old Bella is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents while singing with a small band in London and Paris during her summer break from school, and believes them to be caused by her jealous, malevolent stepmother.
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After being raped at her eighteenth birthday party, an English girl, whose life resembles a modern version of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, withdraws into silent thoughts of her unusual family and the events that led to her trauma.