# Black Ships Before Troy

**Author:** Rosemary Sutcliff
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Age range:** 11–13
**First published:** 1967
**Page count:** 128
**Genre:** Historical Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780606345811`
**ISBN-10:** `0606345817`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/black-ships-before-troy
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy.

## Themes

- greek mythology
- mythology, greek
- trojan war
- mythology

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 6-8 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 6-8 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 6-8 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

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