After winning a decade-long war, Odysseus, captain of the Greek army, only has to guide his men back home across the sea. Yet the journey will prove more perilous than any battle.
Covers the reigns of 33 kings and queens over the period A.D.871 to A.D.1485, from the accession of the Saxon King Alfred to the death of Richard III at the Battle of Elsworth.
"In early 1836, trouble broke out in Texas. Texas was part of Mexico, yet many of its settlers wanted to fight for independence. Mexican General Santa Anna and his army came to battle the Texans in San Antonio at the Alamo.
Eight-year-old Enrique Esparza witnessed the battle. His father was a soldier with the Texas army. The whole Esparza family had taken shelter at the Alamo, but they knew it might be dangerous. Would they survive?
In the back of this book, you'll find a script and instructions for putting on a reader's theater performance of this adventure.
Ten years after the fall of Troy the victorious Greek hero Odysseus has still not returned to his native Ithaka. Follow Odysseus and his men as they survive many adventures on their way back home. Once they arrived back home, they in turn had to battle suitors and disloyal servants who have taken over Odysseus’ palace, thinking he was long dead.
