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Rumford,
James.
BEOWULF : A HERO'S TALE RETOLD New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2007 IL 5-8, RL 4.2 ISBN 061875637X |
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Once
a long, long, long time ago, the kingdom of the Danes was besieged by the
giant ogre Grendel. At night he would leave his home in the nearby marsh
and devour the soldiers in the castle hall. No one could stop him.
Beowulf retells the legend of a hero’s life long battle against the ogre, his mother and a dragon.. If you want to read more about the adventures of Beowulf see (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Program, 2009-2010) |
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Beowulf.
Folklore -- England. |
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