This week, we feature an epic adventure that starts with Odysseus in Dante’s “Inferno” and a nostalgic, nature-filled ode to summer exploration that will capture your little one’s imagination.
Fantasy
‘The Eighth Arrow: Odysseus in the Underworld’
By J. Augustine WettaDante encased Odysseus, hero of Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey” in the Eighth Circle of Hell, inside a bubble of fire with comrade-in-arms Diomedes. This novel starts with that scene. Odysseus’s encounter with Dante and Virgil shakes Odysseus out of his lethargy. He calls on Athena to rescue him. She takes the two to Dante’s vestibule, gives them seven arrows for aid, and tells them to reach heaven by crossing Hell. A book of rare wit, it blends an entertaining story with an enlightening message.
