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Medusa

Jessie Burton

Illustrator: Olivia Lomenech Gill

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN: 978-1-5476-0759-4

Keywords: Ancient Greece, family, love, violence, mythology

Perseus—son of Zeus—must seek and behead beautiful Medusa, whose flowing hair was transformed into serpents by enraged Athena. Lush full-color illustrations.