As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(3)
4-6
In his third adventure, Corydon Panfoot vows to defeat the Olympian gods, whose vainglorious self-love is responsible for the world's wars and destruction. Defending Troy with his fellow monsters, Corydon witnesses the deaths of Hektor and Akhilleus and plans a trap for Zeus. Using characters and images from the Iliad, the confidently written story shapes old material into a compelling original adventure. Bib., glos.