Geraldine McCaughrean
2) Gilgamesh
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
95 p. : col. ill. 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling, based on seventh-century B.C. Assyrian clay tablets, of the wanderings and adventures of the god king, Gilgamesh, who ruled in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in about 2700 B.C., and of his faithful companion, Enkidu.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
325 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a diphtheria outbreak forces twelve-year-old Cissy to leave her Oklahoma hometown in the 1890s, she and her two classmates embark on a wild adventure down the Missouri River with a team of traveling actors who are living on a dilapidated paddle steamer.