Offers the story of the Prince of Ithaca who, having been kidnapped by pirates, finds himself on a great journey to battle evil forces and outwit his enemies in order to get back home safely. Reprint.

Proud and brave, she lives for the thrill of the hunt and for the friendship of her fellow female warriors. Then, because her mother demands it and in defiancé of the laws of her people, she must take her newborn brother to his father in Troy, where she finds herself in terrible danger. To save her people, Hippolyta must defy the gods—and even accept the help of a boy—and learn what it really means to be an finding the courage to change her world.

When her adopted father is slain by a strange beast, Atalanta is determined to take care of herself. She is happy in the forest with only her friend Urso—a giant bear—for company. She wants nothing to do with the world of men. But the ferocious creature that killed her father is still out there, and Atalanta can't resist the opportunity to hunt it down, even if that means she has to join forces with a group of hunters to do so. Atalanta must prove that she is as strong and brave as any of the others, as they search together for the deadly Arcadian Beast.

Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest to save the kingdom of Iolcus, learning along the way what it means to be in command.