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Sweet Venom
By CHILDS, Tera Lynn
- ISBN
- 978-0-06-200181-8 978-0-06-209345-5
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Katherine Tegen Bks
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7 Up—Like Childs's Oh. My. Gods (Dutton, 2008), Sweet Venom takes Greek mythology into the modern day, this time focusing on three teenage descendants of Medusa tasked with protecting humankind from an array of legendary monsters. The story is told in alternating chapters by the 16-year-old girls who soon discover that they are triplets—separated at birth for their own safety—each with the same ability to sense the creatures that are invisible to everyone else and return them to their own rea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
A descendant of Medusa living in San Francisco, Gretchen Sharpe fights mythical monsters and vaporizes them with a single bite from her venomous fang...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on February 1, 2012
In this thrilling mythological tale, filled with mysteries and set in present-day San Francisco, the descendents of Medusa must keep monsters from invading the human world. When Grace and Gretchen meet early in the novel, the sisters are a study in con...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
