Athena & the Island Enchantress: A QUIX Book

By Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams and Yuyi Chen

Join little Athena for a sweet adventure in this fifth Little Goddess Girls story—part of the Aladdin QUIX line!

After sparkly adventures on Mount Olympus, Athena is called back to help a boy named Hercules. They have been asked by Hestia to rescue the rightful queen of a magical island, who has been captured by the evil King Hephaestus. The key seems to be a mysterious enchantress named Circe—but Athena and Hercules aren’t sure if she’s a friend or foe! With the help of her fellow little goddess girls, can Athena help save the queen?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Aug 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9781534479609

Joan Holub

Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

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Cover: Athena & the Island Enchantress, by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, illustrated by Yuyi Chen

Welcome to ALADDIN QUIX!

If you are looking for fast, fun-to-read stories with colorful characters, lots of kid-friendly humor, easy-to-follow action, entertaining story lines, and lively illustrations, then ALADDIN QUIX is for you!

But wait, there’s more!

If you’re also looking for stories with tables of contents; word lists; about-the-book questions; 64, 80, or 96 pages; short chapters; short paragraphs; and large fonts, then ALADDIN QUIX is definitely for you!

ALADDIN QUIX: The next step between ready to reads and longer, more challenging chapter books, for readers five to eight years old.

Athena & the Island Enchantress, by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, illustrated by Yuyi Chen, Aladdin

Cast of Characters

Oliver (AH•liv•er): Athena’s puppy

Hestia (HESS•tee•uh): A small, winged Greek goddess who helps Athena and her friends

Owlie (OWL•ee): A talking owl in magical Mount Olympus

Yellow Wing (YEH•low WING): The Owlie who travels to the island to help Athena find and free Heracles

Heracles (HAIR•uh•kleez): A strong boy with dark, curly hair who carries a big, bumpy club

Hydras (HI•druhz): Huge snakelike sea monsters with multiple heads

Circe (SUR•see): A beautiful but vain enchantress who lives on an island

Medusa (meh•DOO•suh): A mean mortal girl with snakes for hair whose stare can zap mortals to stone

Zeus (ZOOSS): Most powerful of the Greek gods who lives in Sparkle City and can grant wishes

Hephaestus (heh•FESS•tuss): An evil king who lives under a mountain on an island

1

The Boat

Eight-year-old Athena bent over the toy boat she’d made months ago for a science project. When her long brown hair fell across her face, she pushed it back.

Blow, wind, blow. Go, ship, go. Sail away, across the bay, she chanted. But her magic spell didn’t work. Her boat just sat in the water. Sigh. She was actually very good at making things. Besides