"You won’t be able to stop turning pages . . . it is so stinking good !” —Colby Sharp author
of The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection From National Book Award finalist
Katherine Marsh: Percy Jackson meets Wednesday Addams in this fantastical adventure about Ava
who attends a boarding school for the descendants of Greek monsters and uncovers a terrible
secret that could change the world forever. Ava Baldwin has always tried to keep her anger in
check just like her mom taught her. But when know-it-all classmate Owen King tries to speak
over her yet again Ava explodes . . . and Owen freezes becoming totally unresponsive.
Although Owen recovers Ava's parents whisk her off to her mother’s alma mater the Accademia
del Forte a mysterious international boarding school in Venice. There Ava and her brother
Jax discover that the Olympian gods founded the Accademia to teach the descendants of
mythological monsters how to control their emotions and their powers and become functioning
well-adjusted members of society. But not everything at the Accademia is as it seems. After her
friend Fia is almost expelled for challenging a teacher Ava realizes the school is hiding a
dangerous secret. To uncover the truth Ava and her new friends embark on an adventure that
could change the way they view history mythology—and themselves—forever…or end their lives.
Praise for Medusa "I'm in love with this book. Like the best Pixar movies Katherine Marsh's
Medusa is full of layers." —Jennifer La Garde The Adventures of Library Girl! "Here is a novel
that casts young people as agents of that change while acknowledging the risks they face when
adults or a pack of patriarchal gods lie in wait to silence those who speak truth to power.
In this feminist retelling girls take the lead while boys support and trust them." — The New
York Times "Sound the sirens! Katherine Marsh has gifted us with the Greek mythology series we
didn't know we were missing!" —Melissa LaSalle The Book Mommy and What to Read to Your Kids "A
unique and distinctly feminist fantasy series launch set in a contemporary world." — Publishers
Weekly (starred review) "A fast-paced adventure offering a fresh feminist take on popular
themes." — Kirkus Reviews "A story flipping traditional mythology and the voices telling them
on their head starring a resourceful brave Gorgon. Suggested where mythology stories are
popular.” — School Library Journal One of Kirkus 's most anticipated books of 2024!
