Nancy Keane's Booktalks -- Quick and Simple
 
Spinner, Sephanie.
QUICKSILVER
New York : Knopf, 2005
IL YA
ISBN 0375926380
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Hermes is the son of the Greek god Zeus and, because of his speed, serves as the messenger for his father.  In that role, Hermes obeys his father's every command.  Move the casualities from the site of the Trojan War to the underworld.  No problem.  Rescue Persephone.  No problem.  Help get rid of Medusa.  No problem.  Rescue Odysseus.  Piece of cake.  But Hermes has his own thoughts and feelings.  Come along and meet this likeable character.
SUBJECTS:     Hermes (Greek deity) -- Fiction.
                        Mythology, Greek -- Fiction.
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