Author: Marie P. Croall & Ron Randall
ISBN: 0822571773
Publisher: Graphic Universe, 2008
Age: 9-12
Genre: Graphic novels
Summary: Psyche, the youngest daughter of a ruling noble in a Greek city, is more beautiful than any woman who ever lived. Her sisters, though they love her, are even sometimes jealous of her great beauty. When word of her great beauty reaches Mount Olympus the goddess Aphrodite is angered because people are bringing their tributes to Psyche instead of her. She sends her son, Eros, to prick Psyche with an arrow that will cause her to never fall in love, instead when he sees Psyche he falls in love and pricks himself with one of his arrows so that he can never love any but Psyche. After her parents consult the oracle as to what to do with Psyche, they are told that she will marry a monster and must go to the top of a mountain to wait for him there. She is whisked away to a palace and is married, but is never allowed to look upon her husband. One night she looks upon him and discovers that her husband is Eros, but he wakes and catches her and he leaves forever. Psyche is determined to be with her husband so goes on a quest to find out what she has to do to be with Eros. Finally in desperation she goes to Aphrodite, and is given three impossible tasks to complete. With some unexpected help she is able to complete the tasks given, but when she opens the box given to her by Persephone she falls into a deep sleep. Eros takes her to Zeus and he grants them permission to be together and even makes Psyche into a goddess, and they live happily ever after.
Read A-likes: Odysseus: Escaping Poseidon’s Curse; Perseus: The Hunt for Medusa’s Head; Theseus: Battling the Minotaur; and Jason: Quest for the Golden Fleece.
Personal Thoughts: I chose this style of graphic novel on purpose because it is a classic Greek myth put into comic book form. It was fun to see the story put in picture form, and was a quick easy read. This is a good way to get kids to read classic stories, and still allow them to read the graphic novels at the same time.
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