Inspired by Homer's Odyssey, Aleta relates the feats of women whose stories equal the drama of that great epic. Queen Penelope, left in charge when Odysseus went to fight at Troy, must outwit the traitors in her court. Twelve-year-old Aleta finds...
Inspired by Homer's Odyssey, Aleta relates the feats of women whose stories equal the drama of that great epic. Queen Penelope, left in charge when Odysseus went to fight at Troy, must outwit the traitors in her court. Twelve-year-old Aleta finds...
Inventor Daedalus, falsely accused of murder, is forced to flee Athens to the court of King Minos in Crete. The king commissions Daedalus to construct a gigantic labyrinth where he plans to imprison his disfigured son, Minotaur, a "monster" with ...
Dusa Thrasman is 16 years old and in trouble. Snakes are haunting her dreams, leaving her afraid to sleep, exhausted and ill. Her doctor has tried everything, but the medications only make things worse. Then Dusa sees a television interview with two ...
Cinderella's princely suitor has a foot fetish;
Rumpelstiltskin deliberately lets his name be known to the hapless miller's daughter, who - unknown to her - is really Rumpelstiltskin's daughter;
Snow White's stepmother, who comes ...
Phano is almost 15, the traditional age for a woman to marry in ancient Athens. She is in love with Theo, who is 30â€"the traditional age for a man to marry. But marriage may not be an option for her. Her stepmother’s enemy, Phrynion, claims that P...
2000 Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction for Young Adults Award
Shortlisted, 2000 British Columbia Round Table Information Book Award
1999 Teacher Liberian Magazine, Best of the Best issue
Shortlisted, 2001 Rocky Mountain Award