Odysseus in the Serpent Maze

Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, has been kidnapped by pirates -- and that's just the beginning of his adventures Outwitting his enemies with the help of his friend Mentor, a spoiled princess named Helen, and her out-spoken cousin Penelope, Odysseus discovers the hardest part of being a hero is living long enough to tell the tale.In the first of a new series imagining the childhoods of legendary heroes and heroines, acclaimed fantasy writer Jane Yolen reveals what the man who fought in the Trojan War and inspired The Odyssey was like at thirteen -- a hero in the making. 

Author: Jane Yolen

Publisher: Scholastic

Released Date: 2003

ISBN: 9780439521246