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The Goddess Girls is a series of children's books written by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, published by Simon & Schuster under the Aladdin imprint. The books are based on Greek mythology and depict the younger generation of the Olympian pantheon as privileged tween students attending Mount Olympus Academy (MOA) to develop their divine skills.
[8] On Bookmarks Magazine Nov/Dec 2018 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.5 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "The Silence of the Girls joins the ranks of recent novels that give voice to women during the classical era, including Mary Beard's SPQR (2015) and Madeline ...
The Song of Achilles is a 2011 novel by American writer Madeline Miller. Set during the Greek Heroic Age , it is a retelling of the Trojan War as told from the perspective of Patroclus . The novel follows Patroclus' relationship with Achilles , from their initial meeting to their exploits during the Trojan War , with focus on their romantic ...
In "The Lightning Thief,” the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, school mythology textbooks become real life when 12-year-old Percy discovers he’s the son of the Greek ...
These books for teens, by literary legends like Harper Lee and J.D. Salinger and modern novelists including J.K Rowling and John Green, will show your teenager the best that being a bookworm has ...
They’ll read classics in high school, but those books shouldn’t be their only required reading. The post 50 Best Books for Teens of All Time appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Set during the Greek Heroic Age, it is an adaptation of various Greek myths, most notably the Odyssey, as told from the perspective of the witch Circe. The novel explores Circe's origin story and narrates Circe's encounters with mythological figures such as Hermes , the Minotaur , Jason , and Medea and ultimately, her romance with Odysseus and ...
Daphnis and Chloe (Greek: Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη, Daphnis kai Chloē) is a Greek pastoral novel written during the Roman Empire, the only known work of second-century Hellenistic romance writer Longus. [1]