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Goddess of Yesterday — Content Guide for Parents

By Caroline B. CooneyDelacorte PressISBN 9780385729451263 pages
Goddess of Yesterday

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • Scary contentSupporting
  • Sexual contentBrief

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Profanity: The sources do not say anything about the book's language or swearing.

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

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.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Goddess of Yesterday appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Pirates sack an island and kill everyone but the heroine, and the story leads into the Trojan War, with slavery and brutality described as part of life. The heroine lives with constant danger: a pirate raid, a cruel queen, a baby in danger and a city heading into war.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have violence?

    Found (Supporting): Pirates sack an island and kill everyone but the heroine, and the story leads into the Trojan War, with slavery and brutality described as part of life.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The heroine lives with constant danger: a pirate raid, a cruel queen, a baby in danger and a city heading into war.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources do not say anything about the book's language or swearing.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have sexual content?

    Found (Brief): Helen and Paris begin a passionate affair that leads to war; the sources mention it as a plot event and do not describe any sexual scenes.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Goddess of Yesterday have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

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