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Return to Ithaca

Mary Pope Osborne (2004)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesTales from the Odyssey #5
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads4.1
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

ViolenceMurderRevenge

Positive tags

Redemption ArcMentor FigureHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

Soldier ReturnedVengeance-Driven HeroOutcast / Loner

Protagonist archetypes

Vengeance-Driven

Tropes

Mentor FigureReluctant HeroHidden IdentityRevenge QuestDivine InterventionHomecoming

Themes

RevengeJusticeLoyaltyPerseveranceHomecomingDivine InterventionFamily

Synopsis

Retells part of Homer's Odyssey in which Odysseus, with the help of the goddess Athena, plans to get revenge on those who have plagued his wife and son during his absence.

Tags

Mythology RetellingGreek MythologyHistorical Fantasy