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    Goddess of Yesterday: A Tale of Troy
    Goddess of Yesterday: A Tale of Troy
    Goddess of Yesterday: A Tale of Troy
    Audiobook8 hours

    Goddess of Yesterday: A Tale of Troy

    Written by Caroline B. Cooney

    Narrated by Christina Moore

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    About this audiobook

    Spirited and pretty, Anaxandra is playmate to King Nicandor's crippled daughter, Callisto, until pirates attack Nicandor's small Greek island kingdom and slay everyone except Anaxandra. When Sparta's King Menalaus comes to investigate, Anaxandra assumes the identity of Princess Callisto to avoid becoming a slave. But Menalaus' beautiful half-goddess wife, Helen, doubts the girl's story. Worse, Helen is about to join forces with Trojan prince Paris. Now Anaxandra must reinvent herself in a desperate attempt to prevent war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 10, 2014
    ISBN9781490608051
    Goddess of Yesterday: A Tale of Troy
    Author

    Caroline B. Cooney

    Caroline B. Cooney was born in New York, grew up in Connecticut, and now lives in South Carolina. Caroline is the author of about 80 books in many genres, and her books have sold over fifteen million copies. I’m Going to Give You a Bear Hug was her first picture book, based on a verse she wrote for her own children, Louisa, Sayre, and Harold, who are now grown. I’m Going to Give You a Polar Bear Hug is the sequel! Visit her at carolinebcooneybooks.com or Caroline B. Cooney’s author page on Facebook.

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    • 5/5
      I first read this in my mid teens and I still love it now at 35. Though some of the characters are fictional, there is a lot of research behind the story. If you have a teenager showing interest in Greek mythology, toss this at them. It’s a good start! I still have it on my shelf to this day.
    • 5/5
      Read this as a kid and it's one of my favorite historical fiction books and probably a catalyst for my lifelong interest in Greek mythology and history.

      Content warning for mentions of rape and some gnarly deaths...which now makes me question why this book is in the juvenile fiction section of the library...but I guess I read it as a preteen and I'm mostly fine so
    • 4/5
      Very interesting take on the beginnings of the Trojan war. Loved the story.
    • 3/5
      I tried listening to this book, I found the character flat and the story uninteresting. I really wanted to like this book. It sounded better than it was. Maybe I'll revisit this book and read it in a couple of months.
    • 2/5
      Anaxandra, a girl taken from her home island, finds herself involved in the Trojan war, hated by Helen and Paris, and loved as a daughter by Helen's former husband. I wanted to like this book, really I did. It had such potiental to be really good. But Cooney's writing was choppy and she would start and end scenes abruptly without any thought to the reader. The story also ends rather suddenly without any good closure. Don't waste your time with this one.