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Gilgamesh the Hero

by Geraldine McCaughrean · 2002

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This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it's about things that still matter to us today: friendship, fame, courage, happiness.

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Gilgamesh and Enkidu are friends — best friends. Together they can work wonders, fight monsters, brave earthquakes, travel the world! But waiting in the dark is the one enemy they can never overcome.

Retold by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean, and illustrated with great power by David Parkins, Gilgamesh the Herois a story that will linger in the imagination long after the book has been put down.

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folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisIraqIraqMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
childrenspicture booksyoung adult
Length
short · 96 pages

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