Fate has brought her to the brink of a legendary battle... Anaxandra's life was destined to be extraordinary. Taken hostage as a child, she was forced to live as a slave-girl on a remote island. Now, six years later, she's the sole survivor of a bloodthirsty raid by pirates. When King Menelaus finds her, Anaxandra knows that this is her big chance to find a new life. So she tells a lie that will hurl her on a journey towards Troy - and into the heart of the fiercest war the world has ever known. The sweeping, epic story of one fearless girl - and her quest to find her way back home.
Author
Caroline Cooney knew in sixth grade that she wanted to be a writer when "the best teacher I ever had in my life" made writing her main focus. "He used to rip off covers from The New Yorker and pass them around and make us write a short story on whichever cover we got. I started writing then and never stopped!" When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people—with remarkable results. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. "In a suspense novel, you can count on action." To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. She often organizes what she calls a "plotting game," in which students work together to create plots for stories. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!
- Scholastic.com
