Poseidon’s Granddaughter
Ten-year-old Cassandra is racing up the slope after her mother, desperate to escape the massive wave heading for the Cretan coast, when Poseidon’s messenger whisks her into the air and flies her off to Athens. Why Athens? Why does he rescue her and not her mother? And why are the Athenians so determined to keep her there? All Cassandra wants is to get back to Crete and find out if her mother is still alive.
Reading Age: 7-18
Book length: 124 pages
Maker: Donald Brown Books
About the Author: Donald Frank Brown was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1943 during the Second World War. He took A-levels in Classics and English before studying English at Exeter College, Oxford where he won an exhibition in English Literature. During his gap year, he worked in Paris selling the New York Times. After graduation, he spent several years as an English teacher, first at a Brighton Grammar School, and then at international schools abroad, including the United Nations School in New York. Having settled in the Island of Jersey, he founded St Brelade’s College, a language school. He is married with three children and ten grandchildren.
