Ares and the Spear of Fear
By (Author) Joan Holub
By (author) Suzanne Williams
Illustrated by Craig Phillips
7
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
1st August 2014
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction and true stories
FIC
Paperback
112
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 10mm
100g
Ares, Zeus, and the other Olympians encounter a huge snake and a sharp challenge in this Heroes in Training adventure.
After overcoming many challenges, Zeus and his fellow Olympians arrive at the temple at Delphionly to find a giant snake guarding the entrance! Beyond the python, Pythia appears. Trapped in the temple by the pythons magic and mere presence, Pythia urges the Olympians not to worry about her, for they are urgently needed on another quest.
The Olympians are now out to find the Spear of Fear. A group of Amazonian women currently have it, but it really belongs to Ares, the God of War. Ares is thrilled to know the next quest is about himbut soon realizes that when it comes to the powerful spear, he has a LOT to learn...
Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 childrens books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, theNew York Timesbestselling picture bookMighty Dads(illustrated by James Dean), andLittle Red Writing(illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.
Suzanne Williams is a former elementary school librarian and the author of over seventy books for children, including the award-winning picture booksLibrary Lil(illustrated by Steven Kellogg) andMy Dog Never Says Please(illustrated by Tedd Arnold), and several chapter book and middle grade series. She also coauthors the Goddess Girls and Thunder Girls series with the fantastic Joan Holub. Visit her at Suzanne-Williams.com.
Craig Phillips has been creating cover art and drawings for books, comics, and magazines for nearly two decades. He is most at home working on tales about myth and magic. His latest bookGiants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts: Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woodsis a 200-page graphic novel about just that! It will be in stores in May 2017. When he is not drawing and writing, he likes to swim in the lakes and walk in the forests and mountains of New Zealand. Visit him at CraigPhillips.com.au.