The Eye of Zeus

Gr 3-7–Phoebe Katz has been in New York City’s foster system practically since birth. Bad things happen around her, but they’re definitely not her fault–or are they? After another “accident” at school leads to the discovery that she is Zeus’s daughter, sent away because of a dark prophecy, Phoebe and her two best friends must travel to ancient Greece to rescue her beloved social worker and hopefully save Olympus. The first in Adams’s latest series combines the action and adventure of Greek mythology with a tough, sarcastic New York sensibility. Fans of Karen Rivers’s The Girl in the Well Is Me will recognize a similar fierce and charming wittiness in Phoebe’s voice, as well as a lovably imperfect character. And with an ending that leaves the situation in Olympus uncertain–as Zeus points out, life there is a never-ending cycle of misery–readers can look forward to plenty of opportunities for sequels.