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  • Published: 1 March 2004
  • ISBN: 9780552550819
  • Imprint: Young Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $17.99

Zeus On The Loose




A hilarious tale for young readers about a Greek god who comes to life.

I am the great and mighty Zeus, mortal- give me one good reason why I shouldn't smite you here and now!'Alex's class are learning about the Ancient Greeks. That's why Alex makes a temple (out of loo rolls and a cornflakes box) for the Greek god Zeus. He doesn't expect the god himself to turn up, borrow his mum's nightie and demand a sacrifice at half-past five in the morning. Even worse, Zeus reckons it's time for another Trojan War - in the school playground! Zeus is on the loose-

  • Published: 1 March 2004
  • ISBN: 9780552550819
  • Imprint: Young Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $17.99

About the author

John Dougherty

JOHN DOUGHERTY lives in London. A supply teacher with plenty of experience of classroom activities in primary education, he is also a singer-songwriter with one CD already available - and has appeared on TV when his living room was designed in a Gothic style by Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen. In 2004, he also ran the London Marathon to raise funds for a charity to help children in care.

Zeus on the Loose was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award in 2004.

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