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Berry, Julie. LOVELY WAR New York, N.Y. : Razorbill, 2019 IL YA ISBN 9781984836236 |
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It’s 1945, and World War II is raging. But inside a glamorous New York City hotel room, Aphrodite and Ares are settling in for a night of romance. The goddess of Love and the god of War don’t expect to be caught in a golden net by Aphrodite’s scorned and jealous husband, Hephaestus, but the god of Fire entraps the cheating couple and threatens to take them to trial on Mount Olympus. Aphrodite convinces her husband to agree to a more private trial; Hephaestus can be the judge, jury, and executioner if he will just listen to Aphrodite’s side of the story: the goddess of romance is really lonely. She pleads her case by telling two stories of true love. But will it be enough to convince Hephaestus to spare her a public humiliation? Or will these stories of love and beauty bore Ares to death? This is a truly unique novel for fans of historical fiction, mythology, the world wars, and those somehow very human Greek gods. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2020-2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Aphrodite -- (Greek deity) -- Juvenile
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction. Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Juvenile fiction. Racism -- Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction. |
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