Shadow of the Minotaur.(Audiobook Review) (audiobook review)

School Library Journal, June, 2003 by Hudak, Tina

(unabr.). 6 cassettes. 6:20 hrs. Prod. by Chivers Children's Audio Books. Dist. by BBC Audiobooks America. 2002. ISBN 0-7540-5268-0. $49.95.

Gr 7 Up--In Shadow of the Minotaur, the first rifle in Alan Gibbons Legendeer trilogy, the 13-year-old hero, Phoenix, is drawn into the virtual reality computer game of Greek mythology created by his father. The descriptive passages come alive and create a visual landscape of ancient Greece. The gritty, realistic images are a result of Gibbon's writing and British narrator Jamie Glover's inflections. As Phoenix winds his way through the labyrinth to face the Minotaur, his fear is palpable. Glover's dramatic reading is so enthusiastic that listeners are immediately drawn into the urgency of the storyline. American...

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