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The dramatic and bloody siege of Troy is one of the oldest and best of human stories, and in Goddess of Yesterday Caroline Cooney tells it afresh through the eyes of Anaxander, the daughter of the king of a tiny Greek island. As a child she is taken as a hostage to the island of King Nicander. When she is 13, marauding pirates sack the palace, killing everyone but her. Anaxander frightens them off by pretending to be the goddess Medusa, with the help of an octopus as a hairdo. When she is rescued by the ships of King Menalaus, she assumes the identity of a princess, Nicander's daughter, and becomes a royal guest. When Menalaus's cold and vain wife, Helen, runs off to Troy with her lover, Paris, Anaxander goes along to protect Helen's baby son. Within the walls of Troy, she is torn with conflicting loyalties as the bronze-clad warriors of Menalaus land their ships on the plains below the city and war is imminent. The characters of the Iliad come vividly alive in this action-filled novel: the shallow and amoral Paris, the wailing prophetess Cassandra in her tower prison, and especially Hector, a big, straight-talking sweetheart. Fans of Cooney's contemporary novels like The Face on the Milk Carton will find this story of ancient Greece every bit as irresistible. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty CampbellRead More

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  • Product Description

    Caroline B. Cooney brings to life this epic tale of one girlâ??s courage.

    At age six Anaxandra is taken by King Nicander to be a companion to his crippled daughter on the island of Siphnos. Anaxandra has adjusted to her new life when, six years later, Siphnos is sacked by pirates, and she is the sole survivor. When a fleet of ships stops on the island to investigate, she assumes the identity of Princess Callisto to survive. The ships belong to Menelaus, king of Sparta, and he takes her back to Sparta with him. But Helen, wife of
    Menelaus, does not believe that this child is Princess Callisto. Anaxandra manages to stay out of harmâ??s wayâ??until Paris and Aeneas arrive. When Menelaus and his men depart to attend his grandfatherâ??s funeral, Paris and Helenâ??s passionate affair plunges Sparta and Troy into war.

    Winner of the Josette Frank Award
    A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
    An ALA Notable Book

  • 0440229308
  • 9780440229308
  • Caroline B. Cooney
  • 1 November 2003
  • Laurel Leaf Library
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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