Publication

2002 - Delacorte Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

65,750 words, Guess

Page Count

263 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivegoddessofyesterd00coon
  • ISBN-100385729456
  • ISBN-100385900511
  • ISBN-139780385729451
  • ISBN-139780385900515
and 4 more
  • Goodreads653055', '1053205
  • LibraryThing111048
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002073447
  • Open LibraryOL23246773M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.C7834 Go 2002

Description

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.From the Hardcover edition.

Description

Taken from her home on an Aegean island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxndra calls on the protection of her goddess while she poses as two different princesses over the next six years, before ending up as a servant in the company of Helen and Paris as they make their way to Troy.

Subjects

Genres

  • Juvenile fiction

Other Editions

  • Goddess of yesterdayDelacorte Press2002-01-01

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