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Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak is the first-person narrative of fourteen-year-old Melinda Sordino, who documents her freshman year at Merryweather High School in Syracuse, New York, over the course of four academic "marking periods." Melinda experiences alienation at school owing to an unspecified event during the summer. At a party, Melinda had called the police after an incident involving her, causing her friends to reject her. She returns to school without the support of her friends, except for a new s(...)

literary

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Daphne Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Ovid Philomela Procne

Julio Fuentes, Rosa Navarro Durán

The Great Book of Mythology [El Gran Libro de la Mitología]

El Gran Libro de la Mitología is a beautifully presented compilation of selected Greek and Roman myths and legends. The book is divided into 27 short chapters and in each chapter, a myth is paraphrased, with key characters and the critical events highlighted. Where applicable, Navarro draws attention to the influence of the myths on the Spanish arts and literature. Included in the compilation are the myths concerning the following major events and characters: Apolo y Dafane (Apollo a(...)

literary

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Spain

TAGS: Acis Actaeon Anaximander Andromeda Apollo Ariadne Daedalus Daphne Echo Europa Eurydice Galatea Ganymede Greek Philosophy Heracles Icarus Jason Judgement of Paris Labyrinth Medea Midas Narcissus Orpheus Pandora Pericles Persephone Perseus Phaethon Philomela Phoenix (Bird) Plato Polyphemus Procne Prometheus Pygmalion Pyramus Sisyphus Socrates Tantalus Theseus Thisbe Tiresias