Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney - One of my favorite trogan war books

The dramatic and bloody siege of Troy is one of the oldest and best of human stories, and in Goddess of Yesterday Caroline Cooney tells it afresh through the eyes of Anaxander, the daughter of the king of a tiny Greek island. As a child she is taken as a hostage to the island of King Nicander. When she is 13, marauding pirates sack the palace, killing everyone but her. Anaxander frightens them off by pretending to be the goddess Medusa, with the help of an octopus as a hairdo. When she is rescued by the ships of King Menalaus, she assumes the identity of a princess, Nicanders daughter, and becomes a royal guest. When Menalauss cold and vain wife, Helen, runs off to Troy with her lover, Paris, Anaxander goes along to protect Helens baby son. Within the walls of Troy, she is torn with conflicting loyalties as the bronze-clad warriors of Menalaus land their ships on the plains below the city and war is imminent.

The characters of the Iliad come vividly alive in this action-filled novel: the shallow and amoral Paris, the wailing prophetess Cassandra in her tower prison, and especially Hector, a big, straight-talking sweetheart. Fans of Cooneys contemporary novels like The Face on the Milk Carton will find this story of ancient Greece every bit as irresistible. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell

One of my favorite trogan war books
I love this book, it starts out when Anavandra is 6 and she is taken by king Nicander, and she becomes the playmate of his daughter Callisto. Then when Nicander and callisto are killed, Anavandra doesn't know what to do, but then king Menelaus of sparta comes and takes her home, but only after she lies and tells the all that she is Callisto, the princess of the island. In sparta she meets heart chilling Helen who doesn't fall for Anavandra's trick. Then when Helen and Paris run off with all of the place gold. Anavandra is sent instead of Helen's daughter, and that is how she ends up in Troy. This book is romantic, sweet, funny, and good enough to read over and over! I would say ages 12 and up!

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