Goddess of Yesterday: A Tale of Troy
Jan 2009 · Sold by Delacorte Press
4.8star
14 reviews
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Anaxandra is taken from her birth island at age 6 by King Nicander to be a companion to his crippled daughter, Princess Callisto. Six years later, her new island is sacked by pirates and she is the sole survivor. Alone with only her Medusa figurine, she reinvents herself as Princess Callisto when Menelaus, great king of Sparta, lands with his men. He takes her back to Sparta with him where Helen, his beautiful wife, does not believe that the red-headed child is Princess Callisto. Although fearful of the half-mortal, half-goddess Helen, Anaxandra is able to stay out of harm’s way—until the Trojan princes Paris and Aeneas arrive. Paris and Helen’s fascination with each other soon turns to passion and plunges Sparta and Troy into war. Can Anaxandra find the courage to reinvent herself once again, appease the gods, and save herself?
In Caroline B. Cooney’s epic tale of one girl’s courage and will to survive, Anaxandra learns that home is where you make it and identity goes deeper than just your name.
In Caroline B. Cooney’s epic tale of one girl’s courage and will to survive, Anaxandra learns that home is where you make it and identity goes deeper than just your name.
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4.8
14 reviews
Dim Bulb
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March 2, 2023
I don't own the ebook, but I do own a hardback edition. I used to read it all the time at the library when I was a kid. And then as I got older I happened upon my current copy for $2! It's such a good book. Such much imagination throughout the story. I can re-read this book and it never gets old for me.
Daphne Browell
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January 7, 2014
Goddess of Yesterday- Is a extremely beautiful book, that anyone could read. Although everyone is capable of reading this; no everyone can enter the world of imagination- I read this book when I was a kid, and cried through it all. Now, I can close my eyes and hop inside imagination. I wish I could live through this story. Giving thanks to- (The Author) Caroline B Cooney- for having one imagination...... I recommend every to read this book.- For this has exceeded me, and is now my favorite! :)
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Sherry Bowles
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July 24, 2015
One if my absolute favorite books of all time.. I've read my paperback copy so many times that it's falling apart, lol...
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About the author
Caroline B. Cooney is the author of The Face on the Milk Carton (an IRA–CBC Children’s Choice) and its companions Whatever Happened to Janie? (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults), The Voice on the Radio (an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists), and What Janie Found. Her other novels include The Ransom of Mercy Carter, What Child Is This?, Burning Up, and Drivers Ed.
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