![]() ![]() The young girl is left to fend her herself. Six years later, Anaxandra is content with her life, until pirates ransack the island, leaving Callisto and Nicander for dead, and kidnapping Petra. When Anaxandra inadvertently reveals the place of her father’s treasure, she loses all value as a hostage and lives with the king, his wife, Petra, and their invalid daughter, Callisto. ![]() Anaxandra is taken hostage when she is six years old by a king named Nicander. Set in Greece during the Golden Age, the novel depicts a girl being thrown into the most exciting chapters of Greek mythology. With her newest novel, however, Cooney leaves behind the minute-by-minute scenario premises and soapy writing of her earlier novels to reveal her truest talents. (A series carried a bit too far, but alas, this is not the topic of this review). Cooney is best known for her enjoyable but middle-grade teen thriller novels and the Janie series spawned by A Face on the Milk Carton. ![]()
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