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Author | Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams |
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Cover artist | Glen Hanson |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, mythology |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Published | 2010-present |
Media type | Print ( paperback), E-book |
The Goddess Girls is a series of children's books written by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, published by Simon & Schuster under the Aladdin imprint. The books are based on Greek mythology and depict the younger generation of the Olympian pantheon as privileged tween students attending Mount Olympus Academy (MOA) to develop their divine skills.
The series focuses on four primary characters – Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis — as a diverse group of loyal friends. Athena is noted for her intelligence, Persephone is mysterious and kind, Artemis is bold and strong, and Aphrodite is "effortlessly beautiful". Holub writes about Athena and Artemis, Williams about Persephone and Aphrodite.
Zeus is represented as the principal of the academy, and many other gods, including Hades, Poseidon, and Ares, appear in the series. Pandora, Medusa and Heracles appear as mortal characters.
The series includes deities and characters from other mythological traditions as visitors to the academy.
Number | Title | ISBN | Date of publication |
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1 | Athena the Brain | 978-1-4169-8271-5 | April 6, 2010 |
2 | Persephone the Phony | 978-1-4169-8272-2 | April 12, 2010 |
3 | Aphrodite the Beauty | 978-1-4169-8273-9 | April 12, 2010 |
4 | Artemis the Brave | 978-1-4169-8274-6 | December 7, 2010 |
5 | Athena the Wise | 978-1-4424-2097-7 | April 5, 2011 |
6 | Aphrodite the Diva | 978-1-4424-2100-4 | August 12, 2011 |
7 | Artemis the Loyal | 978-1-4424-3377-9 | December 6, 2011 |
8 | Medusa the Mean | 978-1-4424-3379-3 | April 3, 2012 |
Special | The Girl Games | 978-1-4424-4933-6 | July 10, 2012 |
9 | Pandora the Curious | 978-1-4424-4935-0 | December 4, 2012 |
10 | Pheme the Gossip | 978-1-4424-4937-4 | April 12, 2013 |
11 | Persephone the Daring | 978-1-4424-4939-8 | August 6, 2013 |
12 | Cassandra the Lucky | 978-1-4424-8817-5 | December 3, 2013 |
13 | Athena the Proud | 978-1-4424-8820-5 | April 5, 2014 |
14 | Iris the Colorful | 978-1-4424-8823-6 | August 5, 2014 |
15 | Aphrodite the Fair | 978-0-6063-6101-9 | December 2, 2014 |
16 | Medusa the Rich | 978-1-4424-8830-4 | April 28, 2015 |
17 | Amphitrite the Bubbly | 978-1-4424-8832-8 | August 18, 2015 |
18 | Hestia the Invisible | 978-1-4814-4998-4 | December 1, 2015 |
19 | Echo the Copycat | 978-1-4814-5001-0 | April 26, 2016 |
20 | Calliope the Muse | 978-1-4814-5004-1 | August 9, 2016 |
21 | Pallas the Pal | 978-1-4814-5007-2 | December 6, 2016 |
22 | Nyx the Mysterious | 978-1-4814-7014-8 | April 4, 2017 |
23 | Medea the Enchantress | 978-1-4814-7017-9 | December 5, 2017 |
24 | Eos the Lighthearted | 978-1-4814-7021-6 | December 4, 2018 |
25 | Clotho the Fate | 978-1-4814-7023-0 | December 3, 2019 |
26 | Persephone the Grateful | 978-1-5344-5739-3 | December 1, 2020 |
27 | Hecate the Witch | 978-1-5344-5742-3 | November 30, 2021 |
28 | Artemis the Hero | 978-1-5344-5745-4 | December 6, 2022 |
29 | Elpis the Hopeful | 978-1-5344-5748-5 | December 5, 2023 |
Athena has always been smart but never knew she was a goddess. Mount Olympus Academy promises to be a new start, but she has to deal with the meanest girl in history-Medusa.
Persephone often "goes along to get along" instead of doing what she really wants. But when she meets Mount Olympus Academy bad-boy Hades, she finally feels she has found someone with whom she can be herself.
Aphrodite loves helping mortals in love but finds the constant attention from the god boys at Mount Olympus Academy frustrating. However, when she gives Athena a makeover, she is surprised to find that she is jealous of all the interest Athena's new look gets. When the hottest god boys at school start ignoring Aphrodite, she learns that some boys are nicer and more sensitive than others—including a mortal youth who has requested her help in winning the heart of a young maiden.
Artemis's friends and classmates see her as the most courageous goddess girl at school, but she is secretly afraid of the smelly Geryon, the ring-nosed Minotaurs, and the scorpions in Beastology class. She is also scared to speak to her crush Orion.
When a mortal named Heracles transfers to the academy, Athena understands his problems as she was new a few months ago herself. Not only does Heracles need help in fitting in, he also has to complete 12 "labors" or leave the academy. Athena and Heracles work together to complete the tasks.
Aphrodite is failing Hero-ology. To raise up her grade, she concocts a brilliant plan—an extra credit project for matchmaking mortals called the Lonely Hearts Club. This takes her to Egypt and face-to-face with fierce competition—a goddess named Isis. Now a race is on to see who can find the perfect match for the most annoying mortal boy ever.
It is time for the annual Olympic Games at Mount Olympus Academy and the four goddess girls are not happy-especially Artemis, because the Games are for boys only. Artemis fails to persuade Zeus to allow girls to enter the Olympic Games, but concocts a brilliant plan—a girls-only Olympics. Zeus decides to name the games after his new wife, Hera.
All Medusa wants is to be more like her two sisters and the other kids in her class: immortal. As one of the only mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Medusa is sick and tired of being surrounded by beautiful, powerful, immortal classmates. It isn't easy making friends, especially when you have snakes for hair and a reputation for being mean.
Immortality, she thinks, will solve everything. So when Medusa finds out about a necklace that promises just that, she's sure it will help her get the two things she covets most: to be as popular as the four Goddess Girls, and to have her supercrush, Poseidon, finally notice her...
Artemis, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Athena—the four most popular goddess girls at MOA—are finally getting a chance to hold a girls-only Olympic Games. But organizing visiting athletes like those crush-stealing Amazons is not easy. Artemis is trying too hard to do everything herself, Athena is in trouble over a winged horse named Pegasus, and Aphrodite and Persephone are fighting over a lost kitten named Adonis. Will these Olympics be memorable for all the wrong reasons?
One of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Pandora is famous for her curiosity, which is aroused when a Titan god boy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious box to school. He is the nephew of an MOA teacher in whose class Pandora once opened another box that sent a few weather disasters down to Earth. Still, Pandora cannot resist taking a look inside this new box when it unexpectedly lands in her lap.
Pheme prides herself on knowing all the gossip at MOA. But when she is caught snooping, she is challenged to go a whole day without gossiping—and is put under a unique spell to make sure she doesn't. But when a mysterious stowaway hints that he is about to do something that could threaten the safety of the entire world, Pheme has to find a way to warn Principal Zeus.
Orpheus is a mortal rock god and charms all the girls at Mount Olympus Academy, especially with his latest song about the flighty girl he loves, Eurydice. When Eurydice gets stuck in the Underworld, Orpheus asks Persephone to help get her back.
Cassandra is determined to help people make their own luck—but no one believes her prophecies. She is not even allowed to write the fortunes that go into the cookies her family sells at their Oracle-O Bakery. Determined to prove herself, Cassandra sends some special fortunes along to MOA. Her fortunes reverse, and the goddess girls are determined to find an answer.
Athena plans to improve the Labyrinth for King Minos, but her efforts have unexpected results.
When Principal Zeus asks Iris to fetch some magic water from the Underworld's River Styx, she discovers a new ability to travel by rainbow. Iris hopes Zeus will make her the goddess of rainbows. Also, she wonders if her crush Zephyrus prefers her best friend, Antheia.
When Ares's sister Eris, the goddess of discord and strife, visits on his birthday, she brings a shiny golden apple trophy that reads, "For the fairest." The contest for the trophy threatens Athena and Aphrodite's friendship.
Medusa develops the Midas touch, suddenly becoming able to turn objects into gold just by touching them. Gold, gold, everywhere! But when it is not just objects but food and even people that become golden, she realizes the dangers.
Amphitrite, a mergirl in the Aegean Sea, has only one wish: to see the world. Unfortunately, unlike her sisters and other merpeople she cannot shapeshift her tail into legs to walk on land. When her twin sister Thetis is invited to join Poseidon in the Temple Games, Amphitrite takes her place. She has fun and adventure during the Games, until Gaia, the goddess of the earth, and her sons the giants crash the party.
Hestia, feeling unseen at Mount Olympus Academy, decides to become more noticeable. With help from Pheme, the goddess of gossip, and a godboy named Asca, she decides to step further. Hestia's point of view starts with coming to MOA (Mount Olympus Academy) when she was in third grade. Since then, she has always "hidden" under her "armor" as the three Gray Ladies call her disguise. When a contest comes for the best symbol, she becomes famous and becomes one of the finalists. After that, Hestia has changed to become less shy but still has the same kindness.
Echo, a forest-mountain nymph, likes to copy anything she finds cool, but everyone finds her copycat ways annoying.
Calliope is full of clever ideas for enlivening the academy and loves to inspire others, but she has trouble inspiring herself.
Pallas, a mortal girl, signs up for a swordplay competition at the temple of her old best friend, Athena. She is excited to see Athena again, until she learns that Athena has made some new best friends at MOA.
The Goddess of the Night visits the academy.
Medea uses her magic to help her friend Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.
Introducing Eos, the Goddess of Dawn, who is friends with her opposite, Nyx the Mysterious. She does not want to attend the academy, blaming Zeus for the imprisonment of her father.
Eleven-year-old Clotho, one of the Three Fates, wants to win the respect of unhappy mortals, even if it risks violating one of Zeus's strict rules.
In the Underworld, Persephone and Hades meet the naiad Minthe.
Hecate meets the ghost herder Melinoe in a pet cemetery. Soon she is overwhelmed by ghost pets who have unfinished business on Earth.
Artemis and Alpheus clash over a river nymph's precious cup.
Zeus chooses the bubbly Elpis to be Spirit of Hope at the Academy.
Forthcoming
It's a year since Athena arrived at the Academy, but what really happened that day? In trying to find out, the Goddess Girls travel in time and meet their Roman equivalents. The final Goddess Girls book. [1]
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Author | Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams |
---|---|
Cover artist | Glen Hanson |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, mythology |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Published | 2010-present |
Media type | Print ( paperback), E-book |
The Goddess Girls is a series of children's books written by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, published by Simon & Schuster under the Aladdin imprint. The books are based on Greek mythology and depict the younger generation of the Olympian pantheon as privileged tween students attending Mount Olympus Academy (MOA) to develop their divine skills.
The series focuses on four primary characters – Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis — as a diverse group of loyal friends. Athena is noted for her intelligence, Persephone is mysterious and kind, Artemis is bold and strong, and Aphrodite is "effortlessly beautiful". Holub writes about Athena and Artemis, Williams about Persephone and Aphrodite.
Zeus is represented as the principal of the academy, and many other gods, including Hades, Poseidon, and Ares, appear in the series. Pandora, Medusa and Heracles appear as mortal characters.
The series includes deities and characters from other mythological traditions as visitors to the academy.
Number | Title | ISBN | Date of publication |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Athena the Brain | 978-1-4169-8271-5 | April 6, 2010 |
2 | Persephone the Phony | 978-1-4169-8272-2 | April 12, 2010 |
3 | Aphrodite the Beauty | 978-1-4169-8273-9 | April 12, 2010 |
4 | Artemis the Brave | 978-1-4169-8274-6 | December 7, 2010 |
5 | Athena the Wise | 978-1-4424-2097-7 | April 5, 2011 |
6 | Aphrodite the Diva | 978-1-4424-2100-4 | August 12, 2011 |
7 | Artemis the Loyal | 978-1-4424-3377-9 | December 6, 2011 |
8 | Medusa the Mean | 978-1-4424-3379-3 | April 3, 2012 |
Special | The Girl Games | 978-1-4424-4933-6 | July 10, 2012 |
9 | Pandora the Curious | 978-1-4424-4935-0 | December 4, 2012 |
10 | Pheme the Gossip | 978-1-4424-4937-4 | April 12, 2013 |
11 | Persephone the Daring | 978-1-4424-4939-8 | August 6, 2013 |
12 | Cassandra the Lucky | 978-1-4424-8817-5 | December 3, 2013 |
13 | Athena the Proud | 978-1-4424-8820-5 | April 5, 2014 |
14 | Iris the Colorful | 978-1-4424-8823-6 | August 5, 2014 |
15 | Aphrodite the Fair | 978-0-6063-6101-9 | December 2, 2014 |
16 | Medusa the Rich | 978-1-4424-8830-4 | April 28, 2015 |
17 | Amphitrite the Bubbly | 978-1-4424-8832-8 | August 18, 2015 |
18 | Hestia the Invisible | 978-1-4814-4998-4 | December 1, 2015 |
19 | Echo the Copycat | 978-1-4814-5001-0 | April 26, 2016 |
20 | Calliope the Muse | 978-1-4814-5004-1 | August 9, 2016 |
21 | Pallas the Pal | 978-1-4814-5007-2 | December 6, 2016 |
22 | Nyx the Mysterious | 978-1-4814-7014-8 | April 4, 2017 |
23 | Medea the Enchantress | 978-1-4814-7017-9 | December 5, 2017 |
24 | Eos the Lighthearted | 978-1-4814-7021-6 | December 4, 2018 |
25 | Clotho the Fate | 978-1-4814-7023-0 | December 3, 2019 |
26 | Persephone the Grateful | 978-1-5344-5739-3 | December 1, 2020 |
27 | Hecate the Witch | 978-1-5344-5742-3 | November 30, 2021 |
28 | Artemis the Hero | 978-1-5344-5745-4 | December 6, 2022 |
29 | Elpis the Hopeful | 978-1-5344-5748-5 | December 5, 2023 |
Athena has always been smart but never knew she was a goddess. Mount Olympus Academy promises to be a new start, but she has to deal with the meanest girl in history-Medusa.
Persephone often "goes along to get along" instead of doing what she really wants. But when she meets Mount Olympus Academy bad-boy Hades, she finally feels she has found someone with whom she can be herself.
Aphrodite loves helping mortals in love but finds the constant attention from the god boys at Mount Olympus Academy frustrating. However, when she gives Athena a makeover, she is surprised to find that she is jealous of all the interest Athena's new look gets. When the hottest god boys at school start ignoring Aphrodite, she learns that some boys are nicer and more sensitive than others—including a mortal youth who has requested her help in winning the heart of a young maiden.
Artemis's friends and classmates see her as the most courageous goddess girl at school, but she is secretly afraid of the smelly Geryon, the ring-nosed Minotaurs, and the scorpions in Beastology class. She is also scared to speak to her crush Orion.
When a mortal named Heracles transfers to the academy, Athena understands his problems as she was new a few months ago herself. Not only does Heracles need help in fitting in, he also has to complete 12 "labors" or leave the academy. Athena and Heracles work together to complete the tasks.
Aphrodite is failing Hero-ology. To raise up her grade, she concocts a brilliant plan—an extra credit project for matchmaking mortals called the Lonely Hearts Club. This takes her to Egypt and face-to-face with fierce competition—a goddess named Isis. Now a race is on to see who can find the perfect match for the most annoying mortal boy ever.
It is time for the annual Olympic Games at Mount Olympus Academy and the four goddess girls are not happy-especially Artemis, because the Games are for boys only. Artemis fails to persuade Zeus to allow girls to enter the Olympic Games, but concocts a brilliant plan—a girls-only Olympics. Zeus decides to name the games after his new wife, Hera.
All Medusa wants is to be more like her two sisters and the other kids in her class: immortal. As one of the only mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Medusa is sick and tired of being surrounded by beautiful, powerful, immortal classmates. It isn't easy making friends, especially when you have snakes for hair and a reputation for being mean.
Immortality, she thinks, will solve everything. So when Medusa finds out about a necklace that promises just that, she's sure it will help her get the two things she covets most: to be as popular as the four Goddess Girls, and to have her supercrush, Poseidon, finally notice her...
Artemis, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Athena—the four most popular goddess girls at MOA—are finally getting a chance to hold a girls-only Olympic Games. But organizing visiting athletes like those crush-stealing Amazons is not easy. Artemis is trying too hard to do everything herself, Athena is in trouble over a winged horse named Pegasus, and Aphrodite and Persephone are fighting over a lost kitten named Adonis. Will these Olympics be memorable for all the wrong reasons?
One of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Pandora is famous for her curiosity, which is aroused when a Titan god boy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious box to school. He is the nephew of an MOA teacher in whose class Pandora once opened another box that sent a few weather disasters down to Earth. Still, Pandora cannot resist taking a look inside this new box when it unexpectedly lands in her lap.
Pheme prides herself on knowing all the gossip at MOA. But when she is caught snooping, she is challenged to go a whole day without gossiping—and is put under a unique spell to make sure she doesn't. But when a mysterious stowaway hints that he is about to do something that could threaten the safety of the entire world, Pheme has to find a way to warn Principal Zeus.
Orpheus is a mortal rock god and charms all the girls at Mount Olympus Academy, especially with his latest song about the flighty girl he loves, Eurydice. When Eurydice gets stuck in the Underworld, Orpheus asks Persephone to help get her back.
Cassandra is determined to help people make their own luck—but no one believes her prophecies. She is not even allowed to write the fortunes that go into the cookies her family sells at their Oracle-O Bakery. Determined to prove herself, Cassandra sends some special fortunes along to MOA. Her fortunes reverse, and the goddess girls are determined to find an answer.
Athena plans to improve the Labyrinth for King Minos, but her efforts have unexpected results.
When Principal Zeus asks Iris to fetch some magic water from the Underworld's River Styx, she discovers a new ability to travel by rainbow. Iris hopes Zeus will make her the goddess of rainbows. Also, she wonders if her crush Zephyrus prefers her best friend, Antheia.
When Ares's sister Eris, the goddess of discord and strife, visits on his birthday, she brings a shiny golden apple trophy that reads, "For the fairest." The contest for the trophy threatens Athena and Aphrodite's friendship.
Medusa develops the Midas touch, suddenly becoming able to turn objects into gold just by touching them. Gold, gold, everywhere! But when it is not just objects but food and even people that become golden, she realizes the dangers.
Amphitrite, a mergirl in the Aegean Sea, has only one wish: to see the world. Unfortunately, unlike her sisters and other merpeople she cannot shapeshift her tail into legs to walk on land. When her twin sister Thetis is invited to join Poseidon in the Temple Games, Amphitrite takes her place. She has fun and adventure during the Games, until Gaia, the goddess of the earth, and her sons the giants crash the party.
Hestia, feeling unseen at Mount Olympus Academy, decides to become more noticeable. With help from Pheme, the goddess of gossip, and a godboy named Asca, she decides to step further. Hestia's point of view starts with coming to MOA (Mount Olympus Academy) when she was in third grade. Since then, she has always "hidden" under her "armor" as the three Gray Ladies call her disguise. When a contest comes for the best symbol, she becomes famous and becomes one of the finalists. After that, Hestia has changed to become less shy but still has the same kindness.
Echo, a forest-mountain nymph, likes to copy anything she finds cool, but everyone finds her copycat ways annoying.
Calliope is full of clever ideas for enlivening the academy and loves to inspire others, but she has trouble inspiring herself.
Pallas, a mortal girl, signs up for a swordplay competition at the temple of her old best friend, Athena. She is excited to see Athena again, until she learns that Athena has made some new best friends at MOA.
The Goddess of the Night visits the academy.
Medea uses her magic to help her friend Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.
Introducing Eos, the Goddess of Dawn, who is friends with her opposite, Nyx the Mysterious. She does not want to attend the academy, blaming Zeus for the imprisonment of her father.
Eleven-year-old Clotho, one of the Three Fates, wants to win the respect of unhappy mortals, even if it risks violating one of Zeus's strict rules.
In the Underworld, Persephone and Hades meet the naiad Minthe.
Hecate meets the ghost herder Melinoe in a pet cemetery. Soon she is overwhelmed by ghost pets who have unfinished business on Earth.
Artemis and Alpheus clash over a river nymph's precious cup.
Zeus chooses the bubbly Elpis to be Spirit of Hope at the Academy.
Forthcoming
It's a year since Athena arrived at the Academy, but what really happened that day? In trying to find out, the Goddess Girls travel in time and meet their Roman equivalents. The final Goddess Girls book. [1]