Goddess Girls- Athena the Wise by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

Reviewed by Aimee

Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Ratings Explanation

Language:  Ye Gods! is an exclamation frequently used.  There is also some name calling like insolent twit and big lunk.

Violence:  Heracles talks about killing the lion whose pelt he is wearing.  Heracles fights Hydra and knocks off her heads but more keep growing.  Athena gets angry, shreds a tapestry and changes a girl into a spider.

Sexual Content:  Heracles tries to kiss Athena but ends up kissing her cheek.  They hold hands.

Synopsis

When Athena gets an assignment from her principal (and her father), Zeus to help and befriend the new boy, Heracles, Athena wonders how she will manage.  Heracles seems nice but he is a little rough around the edges.  Then Athena finds out that Heracles has been given 12 tasks that he must accomplish in order to stay at the Mount Olympus Academy.  Athena wants to help Heracles succeed but shoveling poop?  It will take every ounce of wisdom and patience Athena has to help Heracles, keep up with school, and figure out her own problems!

This is the first Goddess Girls book I have read.  My daughter really enjoys them though and when I won this book in a giveaway, I thought I’d better check it out.  I really enjoyed this mythology based story.  Athena and Heracles were fun and their adventures kept things lively.  My daughter said she liked how Athena had to go along with Heracles to keep him out of trouble.  She thought it was funny.  My favorite line in the book was, “He and the music teacher had a run-in.  Sour notes were exchanged.”  tee hee.  Reading level for this book is about 9-12.