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In ancient Greece lived a little girl called Medusa Jones. Medusa was a Gorgon, but apart from that, pretty normal. So she has snakes for hair instead of gorgeous blond ringlets like Cassandra. So her best friend is half horse. Is that any reason for the popular kids to be SO mean?
Medusa's sure the school camping trip is going to be a nightmare. But a rock fall puts the popular kids in peril, and Medusa's the only one who can help. Will she be a hero -- or is her monster side finally going to come out? It's Freaks versus Heroes, brought to life by Ross Collins's hilarious illustrations!
In the same family as this season's Pandora Gets Jealous (Reviews, Jan. 21) but for a younger audience, this witty romp through Greek mythology pictures Medusa in childhood, persecuted by the popular crowd-Theseus, Perseus and "gorgeous but pessimistic" Cassandra. The self-styled Champions torment "freaks" like Medusa, who has snakes instead of hair, and her friends Chiron the centaur and the bullish Minotaur, whose dad got carried away adding on to the house, which is now so complicated that Mino can go for days without finding his parents. Medusa has the family ability to turn her enemies into stone, but her sensible parents won't let her: "You have to work out other ways of dealing with people who get on your nerves," they counsel in characteristically contemporary language. In his first novel, Collins (Alvie Eats Soup) extends the joke with plenty of brio. Medusa doesn't like to read, because "her headsnakes had a habit of turning the pages back when one of them had missed an important plot point"; Medea appears as a nasty teacher; and the three-headed dog, Cerberus, plays a vital role as Medusa's pet-but readers don't need to know the myths to enjoy the rousing plot. Imaginatively laid out pages that incorporate energetic b&w illustrations of varying size welcome readers. Ages 9-12. (Jan.)
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Jerome Etherton
reviewed Medusa Jones on March 08, 2012
Medusa Jones
Medusa Jones by Ross Collins is a funny book incorporated with some Greek mythology. Medusa Jones is a girl in Rome very unpopular because of her hair, doesn't fit in and gets picked on everyday at school. But after a school field trip she becomes a hero by helping save her worst enemy and one of her best friend. Other than that Medusa is very kind, outgoing, and a good friend. Medusa's best friend, Chiron, is a centaur which means half horse, half human. Chiron is heroic, kind and loving. He is always looking for someone who needs help, he even rescued his worst enemy. Chiron also has a good sense of humor. I enjoyed this book because it was very funny and incorporated many Greek names and places. For example Agamemnon Avenue, Acropolis Academy, Perseus, Theseus, Zeus, Achilles, Athens, Mount Olympus and many more. It also incorporated objects once used in Rome like a satchel and a chariot. I recommend this book to mainly fifth graders because Ross Collins made it very easy to get across the Greek mythology for example like I said the Latin places and names, also how Medusa can turn things to stone.
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