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Aphrodite the Diva (Goddess Girls) [Paperback]

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams , Glen Hanson
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August 9, 2011 8 and up Goddess Girls (Book 6)750L (What's this?)
In book 6, after a teeny misunderstanding in class, Aphrodite is failing Hero-ology. To raise her grade, she concocts a brilliant plan--an extra-credit project for matchmaking mortals. This brings her face-to-face with fierce competition--an Egyptian goddessgirl named Isis. Now the race is on to see which of them can matchmake Pygmalion--the most annoying boy ever! Will Aphrodite wind up making a passing grade after all? Or will she end up proving she's a diva with more beauty than brains?

These classic myths from the Greek pantheon are given a modern twist that contemporary tweens can relate to, from dealing with bullies like Medusa to a first crush on an unlikely boy. Goddess Girls follows four goddesses-in-training - Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis - as they navigate the ins and outs of divine social life at Mount Olympus Academy, where the most priviledged gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon hone their mythical skills.

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From the Back Cover

The Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams puts a modern spin on classic Greek myths! Follow the ins and outs of divine social life at Mount Olympus Academy where the most privileged godboys and goddessgirls in the Greek pantheon hone their mythical skills.

About the Author

Joan Holub is the author of over 125 books for young readers, including Groundhog Weather School, Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers and Swirly Stars, Zero the Hero, Who Was Marco Polo?, Bed Bats & Beyond, and the Doll Hospital chapter book series. Of the four goddessgirls, she's probably most like Athena because she loves to brainstorm new ideas for books. But she's very glad her dad was never the principal of her school! Visit her at joanholub.com

Suzanne Williams is the author of over 30 books for young readers, including Library Lil, Mommy Doesn't Know My Name, My Dog Never Says Please, and the Princess Power and Fairy Blossoms series. Her husband says she's the Goddess of Annoying Questions. (Most having to do with why her computer misbehaves.) That makes her kind of like Pandora except that Pandora never had to deal with computers. Suzanne lives near Seattle in Washington state. Visit her at suzanne-williams.com

Product Details

  • Age Range: 8 and up
  • Paperback: 220 pages
  • Publisher: Aladdin; Original edition (August 9, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1442421002
  • ISBN-13: 978-1442421004
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.7 out of 5 stars
Isis the Egyptian goddess of love gets the other half. Monkey3  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
If you are looking for accurate Greek mythology, my son was quite appalled. Mom of Four  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
I'm looking forward to having my daughter read this series. Mundie Moms/Mundie Kids  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars We Love This Series August 24, 2011
Format:Paperback
I really adore this series. The Goddess Girls is a fun series that allows young readers a chance to get to know the young Greek Goddess and Gods, while sharing empowering messages with it's readers. In past books the messages have been about being true to yourself, loyalty, being strong, being a true friend and being proud of who you are. With each book, the characters deal with much of the same things or similar things their readers do. These young Gods and Goddess learn to deal with fitting in, first crushes, new friendships, dealing with bullies, school life and finding out who they are. I love that as the series continues, we not only see more of the characters, but with each new book a different Goddess Girl tells the story.

I adore Aphrodite! Aphrodite is the school's main diva and resident match maker. Aphrodite gains a new rival, who's just a good at match making as she is when Isis from Eygpt arrives. Aphrodite and Isis have a lot of the same qualities and while they're both competing against each other, they don't stoop to the level of being mean towards each other. I really admired that about the two characters. Even with all the rumors that are going around about them, they still maintain a level of respect towards each other which keeps their competition friendly, when it could have quickly become turned into something ugly.

I really enjoyed getting to know Aphrodite. She definitely reminds me of friends I had in school who wanted to match their friends up with boys they thought were cute. Aphrodite does a great job with her matches. She's a fun character to get to know. I'm hoping we'll get to see if her matches are still going strong as the series continues. I love that this series keeps the romantic part of the story very age appropriate. It's refreshing to see how these sweet, innocent crushes can turn into something a little more. This is a series I'd recommend to readers 8 & older. It's clean cut, fun and one that parents don't have to worry about what kind of subject matter their kids are reading. I'm looking forward to having my daughter read this series.
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Excuse me, a D in Hero-logy? Aphrodite deserved nothing better than an A in everything. Everyone A-dored her, A-dmired her, A-ccepted her . . . why even her name began with an A. Now she was going to be known as a dumb airhead at Mount Olympus Academy. It was Hero Day, the start of Hero Week at MOA and she'd have to work fast to convince Mr. Cyclops to raise her grade before anyone caught wind of her predicament. Aphrodite was positive that her best friends Persephone, Athena, and Artemis had to have done well in Hero-logy and if malicious Medusa heard about it, it would be all over the academy before a single snake on her head could even bat any of their ugly eyes. There was that "unfortunate incident" in which she started a war on earth, but perhaps Mr. Cyclops might be willing to overlook it. When Aphrodite brought up the possibility of raising her grade he simply told her to "Spend a little less time on being a diva and more time on your studies." What nerve! Looked like spending Hero Week on vacation with her friends was definitely out.

Athena was the one with the brains, but in a pinch Aphrodite could come up with a plan if she tried hard enough. She had to admit that trying to match up Paris with Helen was a flop, but her sixth diva sense told her that creating a Lonely Hearts Club might just be the ticket to raising her grades. It would be a club for mortals who wanted to "find love." After all, Aphrodite was the goddess of love and a matchmaker superior (or so she thought). The first thing to do was to make up excuses as to why she was staying at MOA during Hero Week and secondly she'd have to dispatch Pheme, the big mouth who "could spread news faster than a herald in a speeding chariot," to let the mortals know about her new club. In the meantime Zeus was so mad about that little war he was storming around MOA like a tornado in Kansas. Before long she overheard mortals talking about her. "Aphrodite is starting a Lonely Darts Club." Oh, no!" She soon got half a letter from some guy named Pyg and soon found herself being challenged from some "hoity-toity Egyptian goddess" who claimed SHE was the goddess of love. And then there were those strange riddlescrolls from someone who was obviously crushing on her (didn't everyone?). What is the world was going on? Was she barking up the wrong olive tree trying to raise her grade by starting a Lonely Hearts Club?

Adorable airhead, Aphrodite, will charm the sandals off everyone when she starts her Lonely Hearts Club for mortals. Aphrodite might be the beautiful goddessgirl, but she also might be the one that could use a bit more common sense. This storyline, as all those in the goddessgirl tales before it, kept me reading right along with high interest. No doubt the Goddess Girls series is an easy way to learn about Greek mythology, but now in "Aphrodite the Diva" we meet her Egyptian rival, Isis, and learn a bit about what goes on with another equally determined goddess and her admiring passel of mortals. I loved the humor and sentences like "Pinky swear was obviously a universal language" made me chuckle. In this book we meet a new pigheaded character named Pygmalion that everyone will fall in love with as much as they have with the many other godboys in this series. Aprhodite certainly meets her match with Isis, but I'm not going to tell you what happens with the rivalry because you'll just have to read the book. If you've read any of the series before you'll easily immerse yourself in this tale and if you haven't, you'll definitely want to check out the other goddessgirls!

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Excuse me, a D in Hero-logy? Aphrodite deserved nothing better than an A in everything. Everyone A-dored her, A-dmired her, A-ccepted her . . . why even her name began with an A. Now she was going to be known as a dumb airhead at Mount Olympus Academy. It was Hero Day, the start of Hero Week at MOA and she'd have to work fast to convince Mr. Cyclops to raise her grade before anyone caught wind of her predicament. Aphrodite was positive that her best friends Persephone, Athena, and Artemis had to have done well in Hero-logy and if malicious Medusa heard about it, it would be all over the academy before a single snake on her head could even bat any of their ugly eyes. There was that "unfortunate incident" in which she started a war on earth, but perhaps Mr. Cyclops might be willing to overlook it. When Aphrodite brought up the possibility of raising her grade he simply told her to "Spend a little less time on being a diva and more time on your studies." What nerve! Looked like spending Hero Week on vacation with her friends was definitely out.

Athena was the one with the brains, but in a pinch Aphrodite could come up with a plan if she tried hard enough. She had to admit that trying to match up Paris with Helen was a flop, but her sixth diva sense told her that creating a Lonely Hearts Club might just be the ticket to raising her grades. It would be a club for mortals who wanted to "find love." After all, Aphrodite was the goddess of love and a matchmaker superior (or so she thought). The first thing to do was to make up excuses as to why she was staying at MOA during Hero Week and secondly she'd have to dispatch Pheme, the big mouth who "could spread news faster than a herald in a speeding chariot," to let the mortals know about her new club. In the meantime Zeus was so mad about that little war he was storming around MOA like a tornado in Kansas. Before long she overheard mortals talking about her. "Aphrodite is starting a Lonely Darts Club." Oh, no!" She soon got half a letter from some guy named Pyg and soon found herself being challenged from some "hoity-toity Egyptian goddess" who claimed SHE was the goddess of love. And then there were those strange riddlescrolls from someone who was obviously crushing on her (didn't everyone?). What in the world was going on? Was she barking up the wrong olive tree trying to raise her grade by starting a Lonely Hearts Club?

Adorable airhead, Aphrodite, will charm the sandals off everyone when she starts her Lonely Hearts Club for mortals. Aphrodite might be the beautiful goddessgirl, but she also might be the one that could use a bit more common sense. This storyline, as all those in the goddessgirl tales before it, kept me reading right along with high interest. No doubt the Goddess Girls series is an easy way to learn about Greek mythology, but now in "Aphrodite the Diva" we meet her Egyptian rival, Isis, and learn a bit about what goes on with another equally determined goddess and her admiring passel of mortals. I loved the humor and sentences like "Pinky swear was obviously a universal language" made me chuckle. In this book we meet a new pigheaded character named Pygmalion that everyone will fall in love with as much as they have with the many other godboys in this series. Aprhodite certainly meets her match with Isis, but I'm not going to tell you what happens with the rivalry because you'll just have to read the book. If you've read any of the series before you'll easily immerse yourself in this tale and if you haven't, you'll definitely want to check out the other goddessgirls!

This book courtesy of the authors.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
This was an amazing book I loved it,it's just so funny at some points and others it just makes you say 'I KNEW IT' =) this book was just so amazing
Published 10 days ago by yaba daba doooooooo
4.0 out of 5 stars Great yet incorrect
This book was great but some of the mythology was not completely correct :(
Though I did enjoy it very much
Published 23 days ago by Emily
5.0 out of 5 stars Best
This is a super fun book to read.. I couldn't stop reading it night and day! I am looking forward to read the next book
Published 1 month ago by Jaylen Sim
5.0 out of 5 stars "Bubbles" has some matchmaking skills!
Ths is one of my favourite Goddessgirl books. It's centered on Aphrodite, nicknamed Bubbles by Medusa.
Aphrodite is filing miseraby in one of her classes. Read more
Published 1 month ago by tri giao
5.0 out of 5 stars aphrodite
a great tale stating the struggles of her life and everything that happens to her including meeting egyptians. it is great.
Published 1 month ago by Jenn
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book
It was a cute book. I love how the authors make the myths into happier stories!!! It was such a amazing myth to make into a story.
Published 2 months ago by Loriza
5.0 out of 5 stars My Review
I really like this book because it's funny and its a really great, exciting book. ZI love it. From Critic
Published 2 months ago by Alan Eyre
5.0 out of 5 stars Aphrodite the Diva
This is a great book I love the authors writing style it is a great book I can't wait to get the authors next one
Published 2 months ago by Todd Sandifer
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!
My daughter enjoyed this book. She could not stop reading it until she was finished. I recommend this book to any little girl that likes to read.
Published 2 months ago by Sherri Pointe
5.0 out of 5 stars Aphrodite the Diva
It's a wonderful story that takes you through the up and downs of Aphrodite's life. Aphrodite the Diva is great:)
Published 3 months ago by Katarina Voss
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