Call Me Athena

2014 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Shirin Yim Bridges
Release : 2014
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 946/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Call Me Athena by : Shirin Yim Bridges

Download or read book Call Me Athena written by Shirin Yim Bridges. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom, steps fully formed from her father's head into the already established world of the Olympians. A motherless newcomer, she has to find her own place and purpose. Her adventures bring her down to Earth, where she forms close bonds with the Greek Heroes. Her attachment to three in particular--Diomedes, Odysseus, and Achilles--draws her into the Trojan War. How will she protect her friends and end the conflict? What are the ramifications on Olympus? Where does Athena finally find herself at home--and where can you find her now? Told by Athena in the first person, this lively book gives young readers a unique entry into the world of Greek mythology and provides interesting cultural and historical context in a nonfiction section illustrated with a family tree of the Olympians, maps, and photographs.

Call Me Athena

2021-08-17 Young Adult Fiction

Author : Colby Cedar Smith
Release : 2021-08-17
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 977/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Call Me Athena written by Colby Cedar Smith. This book was released on 2021-08-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enchanting novel in verse captures one young woman’s struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a beautifully written novel in verse loosely based on author Colby Cedar Smith’s paternal grandmother. The story follows Mary as the American-born daughter of Greek and French immigrants living in Detroit in the 1930s, creating a historically accurate portrayal of life as an immigrant during the Great Depression, hunger strikes, and violent riots. Mary lives in a tiny apartment with her immigrant parents, her brothers, and her twin sister, and she questions why her parents ever came to America. She yearns for true love, to own her own business, and to be an independent, modern American woman—much to the chagrin of her parents, who want her to be a “good Greek girl.” Mary’s story is peppered with flashbacks to her parents’ childhoods in Greece and northern France; their stories connect with Mary as they address issues of arranged marriage, learning about independence, and yearning to grow beyond one’s own culture. Though Call Me Athena is written from the perspective of three profoundly different narrators, it has a wide-reaching message: It takes courage to fight for tradition and heritage, as well as freedom, love, and equality.

Athena

2015-09 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Tammy Gagne
Release : 2015-09
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 991/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Athena written by Tammy Gagne. This book was released on 2015-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, young readers are encouraged to analyze the past and draw conclusions about the mythological figure Athena and her role in ancient civilization.

Call Me Ixchel

2014 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Janie Havemeyer
Release : 2014
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 960/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Call Me Ixchel written by Janie Havemeyer. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Mayan goddess of the moon falls in love with the God of the sun, they elope across the Milky Way, visit the Underworld, and stay with the Vulture King.

Call Me Cassandra

2023-01-10 Fiction

Author : Marcial Gala
Release : 2023-01-10
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 007/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Call Me Cassandra written by Marcial Gala. This book was released on 2023-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dazzling." —Marcela Valdes, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "A spellbinding novel by one of the best writers of the Americas." —Junot Díaz, author of This is How You Lose Her From the author of the award-winning The Black Cathedral, a darkly magical tale of a haunted young dreamer, born in the wrong body and time, who believes himself to be a doomed prophetess from ancient Greek mythology. Ten-year-old Rauli lives in a world that is often hostile. His older brother is violent; his philandering father doesn’t understand him; his intelligence and sensitivity do not endear him to the other children at school. He loves to read, especially Greek myths, but in Cuba in the 1970s, novels and gods can be dangerous. Despite the signs that warn Rauli to repress and fear what he is, he knows three things to be true: First, that he was born in the wrong body. Second, that he will die, aged eighteen, as a soldier in the Cuban intervention in Angola. And third, that he is the reincarnation of the Trojan princess Cassandra. Moving between Rauli’s childhood and adolescence, between the Angolan battlefield, the Cuban city of Cienfuegos, and the shores of ancient Troy, Marcial Gala’s Call Me Cassandra tells of the search for identity amid the collapse of Cuba’s utopian dreams. Burdened with knowledge of tragedies yet to come, Rauli nonetheless strives to know himself. Lyrical and gritty, heartbreaking and luminous, Rauli’s is the story of the inexorable pull of destiny.

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