The One-Eyed Giant 1-105

I have been wiped out recently. With this Stop Motion I am making, it has been taking up all of my free time. So I have found a way to incorporate my reading with my project. I read The One-Eyed Giant, by Mary Pope Osborne. It is pretty mush a five book series of the Odyssey, written in very understandable english as opposed to Homers Odyssey, which can be hard to understand. This book takes place from the end of Troy, through the land of the Cyclops, and ending after the bag of winds.

Odysseus moved quickly. He jammed the sharpened end of the stake into the burning embers. He beckoned to his men to stand near him. Them he pulled the stake from the fire.

"Help us, O Zeus!" Odysseus prayed.

The mighty god finally deemed to hear his prayer. As Odysseus took a deep breath, he felt a surge of strength and power.

Odysseus gave a sign. Then all together, the men raised the stake and rammed its burning point into the giant's huge, bulging eye.

The Cyclops let out a piercing howl. The eye hissed and sizzled. (62)

This Quote shows how the text of this book keeps the same tone of the original Odyssey, but it takes it into a much more understandable context, without making it a children's book. This passage shows the simplicity of the book, while keeping it towards the main message, without talking down to you.

Osborne, Mary. The One-Eyed Giant. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks, 2003.