Series ✦ Penny’s Take
The Wooden Horse
Geraldine McCaughrean · 1998
74/100
👍 Worth It
McCaughrean is a Carnegie Medal winner and one of the best living retellers of myth for children, and this pairing of the Trojan Horse with Pandora's Box is thoughtfully constructed for classroom use. The brevity means characters stay thin, but for a mythology unit the accessibility and Tony Ross's illustrations make this a dependable choice.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance70
craft74
originality65
accuracy78
hype65
age_fit90
human_eye72
Penny’s verdict74
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