Alkyoneus and the Warrior Queen

Heroes in Training #17

by Tracey West, Craig Phillips (Illustrator)

Zeus and Hercules face a very hungry giant in this latest Heroes in Training chapter book!Zeus and Hercules may have gotten a scale from the nine-headed hydra, but that isn’t enough for King Eurystheus to forgive Hercules for egging his temple. For their next task, the Oracle Pythia reveals that, to make Eurystheus happy, they have to get the golden belt from the queen of the Amazons—a band of warrior girls. Although the Amazons are friendly enough, there’s just one problem…they think that boys are stinky! And Hercules hasn’t been great at getting people to like him. But before they even reach the Amazons, they are caught by the awful giant Alkyoneus. He has seven daughters to feed, and the boys would make for a perfect snack. Can Zeus and Hercules escape his clutches and get the belt in time? Or will they end up in hot water?

Genres: Middle Grade, Mythology

105 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 25, 2020

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[Ria · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

This book is a great book/series if you need to get out of a slump pretty quickly. This took me about 10-20 minutes to finish. If you are a fast reader like me you could finish this whole series in under a day if you truly wanted to. I absolutely hate Hercules in this series which is what the author was going for, so props to you!

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, easy read for young person interested in Greek myth figures. (Late elementary or early Middle school ages—especially reluctant readers)
Portrays Greek myth figures as teenagers!! Lots of action & silly humor!

[Jason Liu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zeus and Herc go on another to get the Amazon belt. Pretty interesting and funny. And they got Hephy mad at them.

[Owen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like these books a lot,so I read them a lot.