Everything you need to understand or teach Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney.
A coming-of-age tale set in the ancient Greek world, Caroline B. Cooney's Goddess of Yesterday is an account of the childhood of a girl named Anaxandra, who is taken as a hostage and raised by a king before his village is sacked and she is taken in by Menelaus, king of Sparta, under the assumption that she is a princess. The novel is set in multiple places as Anaxandra is forced to travel depending on whose care she is under, as she navigates childhood and adolescence within uncertain family units. Cooney tackles, among other things, betrayal, gender roles, and religion.
FOLLOW BOOKRAGS:
Caroline B. Cooney