Uranus and the Bubbles of Trouble

Heroes in Training #11

by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, Craig Phillips (Illustrator)

A clash between the Titans and The Olympians at sea leaves Zeus and his friends shipwrecked—and in a tidal wave of trouble—in this Heroes in Training adventure.After an encounter with Uranus, God of the Sky (and father of the Titans), the Olympians find themselves in the middle of a battle between two big-time Titans. On Cronus’s orders, Titan Oceanus dives into the sea and causes it to turn even stormier. He’s heading straight for the Olympians’ boat, planning to capsize it, no doubt. Just when it looks like the Olympians are done for, Zeus throws his thunderbolt high and causes a huge battle in the sky between the Titans. As broken stars and hunks of clouds crash to earth and into the sea around the Olympians and their ship, they manage to escape—thanks to some help from Zeus’s medallion and guide, Chip—but find themselves shipwrecked. And as Uranus’s stars begin to fall in the ocean, the huge splash makes a wave of bubbles that heads for the shore of the island where the Olympians and their ship are trapped. And Zeus has a feeling those bubbles mean trouble…

Genres: Mythology, Middle Grade, Adventure, Childrens, Chapter Books, Fantasy, Fiction

129 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2015

About the author

NY Times bestselling children's book author:
GODDESS GIRLS series + HEROES IN TRAINING series (w Suzanne Williams); THIS LITTLE TRAILBLAZER a Girl Power Primer; ZERO THE HERO; I AM THE SHARK. Lucky to be doing what I love!

Reviews

[Kelly Carey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beginning chapter book readers will appreciate the repetition of story elements in this series. Adults, like me, are a little tired of the same story line.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I definitely giggled at the end when I figured out what the hairy snakes were. I love how cleverly Holub and Williams play with mythology in these books. Making Helen of Troy into a puppy is a brilliant way to impose the story of the Trojan War onto 10-year-old characters.

[Owen · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of the books are very good. I like all the books a lot!

[Natali]

I read these to my son. You can finish them in 3-4 bed times. He was about 4-5 at the time and liked them.

[Francesca · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from Avi at age 6

[The Brothers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Asher (9yo) read.

[Kaytee · Rating 5 out of 5]

the book was like WOAH and it was cool that when aprodite had the gold something that it could rain down gold coins.