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Clotho the Fate
By (Author) Joan Holub
By (author) Suzanne Williams
25
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
1st January 2020
United States
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures
FIC
Paperback
272
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 20mm
191g
Get to know Clotho, one of the Three Fates, in this twenty-fifth Goddess Girls adventure!
Eleven-year-old Clotho is always linked with her two big sisters. Together, they are all the Three Fates, with abilities to predict events in mortals lives. There are a few rules that the all-powerful Zeus has decreed for them, including a strict no-mingling with mortals policy.
After Clotho discovers letterscrolls from unhappy mortals who dont love their fates, she wishes there was a way to try and earn their respect. During a secret trip to the Immortal Marketplacewhere there is always a chance to run into mortals, too!Clotho finds herself in over her head as she gets swept up in a competition to celebrate the opening a new store. A competition where her identity as a fate could be revealed at any moment!
If that werent enough, Clotho must face up to an old mistake she made several years ago that broke one of Zeuss other rules: Never interrupt the telling of a fate. It could mess up a mortals whole life!
Can Clotho manage to untangle the mess she has made while finding a way to bring the mortals and the Fates together
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.