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Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons
By Yolen, Jane & Harris, Robert
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06028-736-8
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c2002.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2002
Gr 4-8 An Amazon princess learns about honor and family in this adventure set during the Golden Age of Greece. Hippolyta's mother, Amazon Queen Otrere, gives birth to her second son and refuses to kill him as tradition demands. When she is imprisoned, she turns to Hippolyta to save the baby and take him to his father, King Laomedon of Troy. The girl's mission is successful, but she is to be killed for offending Laomedon. Tithonus, the first son of her mother and Laomedon, saves her, and they ret...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
