{"product_id":"dateline-troy-9781564024695","title":"Dateline: Troy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn instant classic for schools and libraries!  \"The Trojan War is ancient history. Yet  as Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reveals  the story of the ILIAD is as current as this mornings newspaper.\"  The legend of the Trojan War  with its twists of tragedy and powerful portraits of human nature  has transfixed listeners and readers for thousands of years. Now Paul Fleischman retells Homers epic poem the ILIADingeniously juxtaposing each episode with newspaper clippings of modern events from the First World War through to the Gulf Warto reveal astonishing parallels between the ancient world and our own. In proud Achilles  crafty Odysseus  and lovestruck Paris  we recognize our own leaders  enemies  and next-door neighbors. In their misbegotten battles we perceive the waste of modern warfare. Enthralling storytelling as well as a penetrating look at the unending nature of war  DATELINE: TROY will leave readers with the enduring sense that history is now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652852441141,"sku":"ByrdShop_1564024695","price":30.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781564024695.jpg?v=1781852996","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dateline-troy-9781564024695","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}