The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller · 2011 · 416 pages

Patroclus tells the story of growing up beside Achilles, training, loving him, and then following him to Troy. The war is famous. The telling is about the person next to the hero.

Why we picked it

Beautiful and sad. For older teens. It assumes you can handle a love story that does not get a soft ending.

Something to think about

What do you owe a friend who is becoming a story instead of a person?

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