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    Beowulf: A New Telling

    By Robert Nye

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    He comes out of the darkness, moving in on his  victims in deadly silence. When he leaves, a trail  of blood is all that remains. He is a monster,  Grendel, and all who know of him live in fear.

      Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, knows something  must be done to stop Grendel. But who will guard  the great hall he has built, where so many men have  lost their lives to the monster while keeping  watch?

    Only one man dares to stand up to  Grendel's fury --Beowulf.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateJan 25, 2012
    ISBN9780307807649
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    Beowulf: A New Telling
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    Robert Nye

    Robert Nye is a novelist and poet who was born in London. His novels include Falstaff, Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works, and The Voyage of the Destiny. He lives in Ireland.

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    • 3/5
      I picked up this book because it is one of the required reading books for my son and school starts next week. On the positive side, it is a very readable retelling of the epic poem Beowulf. The story of Beowulf is one of those things that everyone should be familiar with since Beowulf and Grendel are mentioned so often in other books. However, I found this an odd choice for required reading. As an epic poem the plot wanders a bit and the story is all plot. The characters are one dimensional and the conflict seems pretty simple - good vs. evil. Beowulf is a likeable hero and he has some unusual attributes for a hero, being short and near-sighted. What made this book more fun is that my son and I are also reading Nancy Farmer's Sea of Trolls which includes Grendel's mother as one of the main villains.