An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of The Odyssey , part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies! Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young readers will thrill at Odysseus's adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into pigs; and the angry sea god Poseidon.