[Classic Starts: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame: Retold from the Victor Hugo Original] [Author: Retold from the Victor Hugo original] [April, 2008]

By Deanna McFadden and Victor Hugo

Set in a richly rendered 15th century Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful drama focuses on a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda, the two men (including an obsessed and manipulative priest) who love her, and the pitiful hunchback Quasimodo who tries to save her. With this simplified yet spellbinding version, kids can enjoy all the excitement of Hugo's masterful story.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402745753
• ISBN13: 9781402745751
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and thrilling

this is the latest in my classic starts book, and the best. it is everything I love! although I thank it has little to do with the hunchback, but he does play a big part, all in all a great book! five stars!