Athena The Brain
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781907411465 (1907411461)
Publish date: May 3rd 2012
Publisher: Atom
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Humor,
Funny,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Chapter Books,
Mythology,
Greek Mythology
Series: Goddess Girls (#1)
Since I loved the Grimmtastic Girls I thought I would try out this series as well. Since it is kind of the same but now with Greek Goddesses and Gods. :)And yes, this was indeed pretty much Grimmtastic Girls. Only now instead of Fairy tales we have: Greek Gods/Goddesses, lessons that fit with mythol...
The Goddess Girls books by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams all feature one goddess, in the case if the first book in the series, that's Athena. Athena lives with her best friend Palles, and she doesn't know who her parents are. Then one day she gets a letter from Zeus, her father, saying that she must...
It was a cute story. My biggest problem was there was really no true mythology to the book. It would have been cool if everyone was a teenager or teachers at the academy. The premiss of the story was empowering to girls. I'm only giving it three stars because my daughter really liked the story.
It's like MG book candy! Ah, LOVE!
*This review is based on a copy of the book I won through Goodreads FirstReads Giveaways.* A very cute concept! A new series of children's books based on a modernized version of Greek Mythology in which many gods and goddesses are seen as middle school students at Mount Olympus Academy. Well w...