No Flying in the House -- Book Review

               No Flying in the House is a fiction book by Betty Brock.  When a tiny dog named Gloria arrives at Mrs. Vancourt’s house with a 7 year-old girl named Annabel, Mrs. Vancourt keeps them.  Then one day, an evil cat named Belinda tells Annabel that she is half fairy!  Belinda also tells her Annabel’s fairy mother married a mortal man, and they were banished from the fairy kingdom.  But if Annabel chooses to be a mortal, then her parents can come back.  Between her newly found powers and the freedom of her parents, which one will she choose?  Read this book to find out!

               My favorite part is when Annabel finds out that she is a fairy and flies for the first time.  I like this book a lot, and I recommend it for all people that love fairies and magic.

A book review: Athena the Wise

            Athena the Wise is part of a series called Goddess Girls by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams.  When a new boy named Heracles is admitted to MOA (aka, Mount Olympus Academy), he has to complete 12 difficult labors or else he’ll be kicked out!  Athena’s dad, Zeus, tells her to watch and help Heracles with the labors.  Three of the labors are to defeat a nine-headed Hydra, which is a mythical creature, capture a Cretan bull, and clean out thousands of stalls full of horse poop (blech).  The last labor he completed was to win a strong goddess’s approval.  Athena gave him her approval by weaving two tapestries of Heracles doing all twelve of his labors.  Therefore he joined MOA and became immortal.