Artemis the Loyal (Goddess Girls) [Paperback]

Joan Holub (Author), Suzanne Williams (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 6, 2011 | Age Range: 8 and up | Series: Goddess Girls (Book 7) | Lexile Measure: 720L (What's this?)

It's time for the annual Olympic Games, and the four goddessgirls are not happy--especially Artemis. Even though she's better at sports than most of the godboys, she can't compete because rules say the Games are boys-only. No fair!

Led by Artemis, Athena, Persphone and Aphrodite, the ladies of Mount Olympus hatch a plan to get Zeus to open up the games to everyone. Will they succeed--or end up watching from the sidelines again?

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.

Editorial Reviews

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 award-winning author of over 125 books for young readers, including Groundhog Weather School, Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers and Swirly Stars, Zero the Hero, Wagons Ho!, 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 think up 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 award-winning 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

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Product Details

• Age Range: 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin; Original edition (December 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1442433779
• ISBN-13: 978-1442433779
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #48 in Books > Children's Books > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths > Greek & Roman

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Like the rest.....AWESOME!!! December 10, 2011

By LZ

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

The goddess Girls series has never let me down. Me and my friends love the series and we are always wondering whats coming next and thinking about what it might be about. I own all 7 of the books and I even like writing my own stories about them and adding other goddesses like, Amphitrite the goddess of the sea. She's my favorite goddess (Poseidon's wife in mythology)
Anyway, the authors are really creative to think of a great Idea I wish I made up. They have very creative spells (The goddesses use) I also like the spins on the myths that seemed to make the myth I've known as two minutes into a 271 paged book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book my daugther loves the series December 9, 2011

By Filo

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Great Book my daugther fell in loves the series. So far this is the best place to find them at a very low price

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun around every corner! May 20, 2013

By Young Mensan BookParade

Format:Paperback

The book is about the goddess named Artemis who attends Mount Olympus Academy. The Annual Olympic Games are coming up and she wants to compete in them, but according to Zeus, the King of the Gods and also the principal at the Academy, only boys are allowed to compete in the games! Not fair!! Artemis is also better at sports than most of the godboys. So, Artemis decided to do something about it by drawing up a petition for a Girls-Only Olympics! The purpose of the petition was so Zeus would see that lots of students were in support of the Girls-Only Olympics. It also didn't hurt that Hera, a goddess that was dating Zeus, was on Artemis' side and wanted to help.

Other kids would enjoy this book because it is full of suspense and makes you want to keep turning the pages and read more. There is fun around every corner; you feel you are actually in the book with Artemis going through all the amazing stuff that she encountered!

Apollo, Artemis' twin brother, had entered the Python-O-Thon contest at the Annual Olympics Games. The Python-O-Thon was a new contest in the Olympics in which the competitors had to answer two tricky riddles posed by the biggest and trickiest serpent, the Parnassus Python. Artemis wanted to help her brother win the contest so she snuck into the gymnasium to find out what the Python's weakness was. When she sneezed, she awakened the Python which then hypnotized her and made her confess what her brother's weakness was instead! The next day, Apollo won the contest against the Python even though the Python knew what Apollo's weakness was. Apollo had prepared for the contest diligently and outdid the Python with his wits. His prize was a temple in his honor!

This book is special because it teaches you about Greek mythology set in modern times. Also, as I mentioned before, you feel like you're in an amazing adventure with Artemis.

I give this book a 4 1/2 star rating.

Review by Young Mensan Roksanna K., age 8, Broward Mensa