Who Let the Gods Out?

by Maz Evans

Overview

In the tradition of Chris Grabenstein, Stuart Gibbs, and Pseudonymous Bosch, a hilarious and action-packed romp involving one ordinary boy and a crazy cast of immortals.

Elliot Hooper wants nothing more than a regular life for him and his mom. Then a Constellation of the Zodiac crashes from the sky into a pile of cow dung in front of him, and that wish explodes in a spray of...well...you know.Virgo, a 1,964-year-old girl, is on a routine mission to Earth and ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN from interacting with mortals. So of course she takes Elliot along with her. But when an evil daemon named Thanatos escapes to wreak terrible havoc, their routine mission turns not-so-routine. For if Elliot and Virgo don't track down the retired Zeus and the rest of the Olympians and help them catch Thanatos, mortals and gods alike won't be long for this earth.Elliot Hooper's life just got a whole lot more LEGENDARY.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338065626
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/28/2017
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	877,031
File size:	33 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Debut author Mary Evans is an author, scriptwriter, playwright, lyricist, journalist, poet, dinner lady, and whatever else pays the gas bill. As a freelance TV journalist, Mary has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Sun, TV Times, TV Easy and regularly broadcasts on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Five Live. She has puddle-water eyes and very disobedient hair. She likes sunflowers, things that rhyme and eating pudding first. She doesn't like rude, getting up in the morning or Wednesdays. You can visit her online at www.storystew.com and @MaryAliceEvans.

Editorial Reviews

2016-12-06
A semiorphaned boy accidentally discovers that the gods are real and finds himself drawn into an ancient mythological war with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Sound familiar? Abandoned by his father, Elliot Hooper, a 12-year-old English white boy, struggles to care for his ailing mother, save their ancestral farm from being sold to a greedy real estate developer, and not fail out of school. When Virgo, the beautiful, immortal goddess from the Greek zodiac, crash-lands in Elliot's cowshed, he is drawn into her mission to feed a godly prisoner held underneath Stonehenge, mistakenly unleashing an ancient evil that threatens the mortal and immortal realms. Evans' debut novel is a breathless roller-coaster ride taking readers on a mythological tour of Elysium, the Underworld, and everything in between. Drawing heavily on stylistic elements reminiscent of Rick Riordan with a hint of Neil Gaiman's Stardust, the author's godly characters are a modern family whose dysfunction would make Jerry Springer salivate. Their antics anchor the story's humor, but otherworldly elements such as the What's What guidebook to universal knowledge are less finely drawn. Elliot's struggles and clear motivations create genuine appeal, but other characters—particularly the perfectionist Virgo—remain opaque and fit awkwardly into the narrative. Weaknesses aside, fans of Percy Jackson will devour this and hope that the gods send a sequel. (Fantasy. 10-14)

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