Zeus and the Olympians must deal with monstrous spiders and dangerous webs in this Heroes in Training adventure.

A giant spiderweb in the sky with the words "Surrender Olympians" shows Zeus and his friends that they are in for another battle. Dodging the silky and sticky webs, the Olympians find themselves scattering in all directions to avoid getting caught.

But those dangerous webs actually contain a hidden gem--Athena's magical object. And the Olympians soon discover that the Threads of Dread might not be as dreadful as they appear...

Author: Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 12/02/2014
Series: Heroes in Training #8
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.2lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781442488519
Audience: 06 - 09

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 171188 / Cronus and the Threads of Dread


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2014 pg. 190
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 67 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children's books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

Suzanne Williams is a former elementary school librarian and the author of over seventy books for children, including the award-winning picture books Library Lil (illustrated by Steven Kellogg) and My Dog Never Says Please (illustrated by Tedd Arnold), and several chapter book and middle grade series. She also coauthors the Goddess Girls and Thunder Girls series with the fantastic Joan Holub. Visit her at Suzanne-Williams.com.

Craig Phillips has been creating cover art and drawings for books, comics, and magazines for nearly two decades. He is most at home working on tales about myth and magic. His latest book--Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts: Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woods--is a 200-page graphic novel about just that! It will be in stores in May 2017. When he is not drawing and writing, he likes to swim in the lakes and walk in the forests and mountains of New Zealand. Visit him at CraigPhillips.com.au.