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The tortoise and the dare - Bk. 2

Deary, TerryFlook, Helen(Illustrated by)
Part of the Greek Tales series
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The year is 750 BC. The boys at school are excited. The Olympic games are coming to the city. They may be too young to compete, but their teacher suggests the school should have its own games.

Of course, girls have no part at all in these festivities, so Elena can only watch as her twin brother, Cypselis, prepares for the race.

Then she discovers he has made a bet with Big Bacchiad (the school bully).

If Cypselis wins he will get a new goat, if he loses then Elena will become Bacchiad's slave.

Elena's freedom is at stake - she needs all her cunning to make sure her brother wins.

But will he? As Aesop said, 'Slow and steady wins the race.'

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Product Details
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
0713682205 / 9780713682205
Paperback / softback
823.914
01/01/2007
United Kingdom
English
61 p. : ill.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 214638, Points 0.50, Book Level 3.50,
Early Years - Key Stage 1 Learn More
Author, Terry Deary.
A four-book mini-series - collectible and enables good shelf presence. The eagerly-awaited follow-up to Terry Deary's Tudor Tales and Egyptian Tales for A&C Black. Integrated b&w illustrations by Helen Flook support the text and add humour. Ancient Greece is studied under the National Curriculum at Years 5 and 6. Terry Deary is a publishing phenomenon, best-known for his historical fiction and non fiction.
A four-book mini-series - collectible and enables good shelf presence. The eagerly-awaited follow-up to Terry Deary's Tudor Tales and Egyptian Tales for A&C Black. Integrated b&w illustrations by Helen Flook support the text and add humour. Ancient Greece is studied under the National Curriculum at Years 5 and 6. Terry Deary is a publishing phenomenon, best-known for his historical fiction and non fiction. YFJ Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), YFT Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)