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第1章 PRAISE FOR

"Shana Norris has brilliantly recast the entire ensemble of

Homer's Iliad to fit the contemporary setting in her novel….

Readers will be seduced by the watchful observer, Cassie,

who narrates the story with a simple honesty and takes you

page by page into this vengeful tale of pride, love, and glory."

-ALAN

"While The Iliad story line lends richness to the narrative,

the book stands alone, and readers unfamiliar with the classic

will still enjoy the war between high schools, started over a

beautiful girl."-School Library Journal

"Norris's prose is breezy, and playful references to

the Iliad entertain."-Publishers Weekly

ALSO BY SHANA NORRIS

Something to Blog About

FOR MY GRANDPARENTS,

CHARLES AND MARY THOMAS

AND

JIMMIE AND GEORGIA HUDLER

I THINK THERE IS NO ONE OF MEN

WHO HAS ESCAPED FATE, NEITHER THE

COWARD NOR THE BRAVE MAN,

AFTER HE HAS ONCE BEEN BORN.

-Homer, The Iliad

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