Itasca Community Library
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Recommended Reading for Books Based on Tales from Mythology
Aphrodite's Blessings: Love Stories from the Greek Myths by Clemence McLaren
Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, three female characters in Greek mythology tell the stories of their marriages. Y MCL
Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline Cooney
When young Anaxandra assumes a false identity to ensure her safety, she unwittingly makes herself an enemy of Helen, the beautiful wife of King Meneleus, whose actions will trigger a war with Troy. Y COO
Heaven Sent by Clea Hantman
After three muses, Thalia, Era, and Polly, put a hex on their stepmother Hera, their deity father Zeus punishes them by banishing the girls to Athens, Georgia as a modern-day high school students. Y HAN PAPERBACK
Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren
The events surrounding the Trojan War are told from teh points of view of two very different women, the beautiful Helen and the prophetic Cassandra. Y MCL
Lost in the Labyrinth by Patrice Kindl
Fourteen-year-old Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of her half-brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian prince, Theseus, who is aided by her sister Ariadne. Y KIN
Quiver by Stephanie Spinner
When Atalanta's father commands her to marry and produce an heir, she offers the king a compromise: she will agree to marry any suitor who can beat her in a race; otherwise, the suitor must be killed. Y SPI
Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues Philoctetes, a human man, from the sea and they fall in love. But Philoctetes is torn between love and honor when he is called to defend the Greeks in the Trojan War. Y NAP
The Dawn Palace: The Story of Medea by H.M. Hoover
Having been trained in supernatural knowlege, thirteen-year-old Medea finds herself in a unique position to help when the Greek hero Jason comes to her father's kingdom in search of the Golden Fleece. Y HOO
The Immortal by Christopher Pike
Two high school friends visit the sacred island of Delos and discover a link with the world of Greek deities. Y PIK PAPERBACK
Troy by Adele Geras
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, this book portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up. HIGH SCHOOL Y GER
